Video: Photo as a basis for needlework: the original work of Melissa Zexter
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Combining such an ancient women's craft as handicrafts with modern photography is an original and bold decision. Melissa Zexter was not afraid of misunderstanding from connoisseurs of the first and fans of the second, and got down to work. In her opinion, texturing the surface of an image creates new dimensions and offers different meanings for interpreting the image.
The artist grew up in Bristol (USA). The house she was born in was built in 1868 and once served as the residence of General Lafayette. Melissa's parents are antique dealers by profession, they turned the house almost into a museum storage: antique furniture, embroidery, carpets … “My mother knitted sweaters for us, embroidered pillows, painted walls … I think this indirectly influenced my choice of profession and, of course, that I was so imbued with embroidery,”says the artist.
The artist did not come to the use of hybrid technology immediately. “I had some experience in photography,” says Melissa, “but I was always more fascinated by the process of creating something with my own hands: be it a drawing or a mosaic … In 1999 I quite accidentally tried to combine embroidery with a photograph. The impetus for this was a lesson in handmade paper making - I was taught this technique by an artist friend when we were both at an art conference. He showed me how to embroider on such paper - before that I had no such experience. Soon, the artist decided to switch to photographs, using them as a background to create a new artistic level. “I was really carried away by the meditative process of sewing,” the artist shares, “it was interesting for me to observe the transformation of photography, the interaction of the depicted objects with embroidery”.
“The thread acts as a link between the person in the photograph and me, or the place that is captured in the photograph. If we consider photography as an object from the past, then such threads acquire a truly metaphorical meaning. They give the image something that makes it special for me. Combining the two environments allows me to visually interact with a person or place,”says the artist.
Singaporean artist Izziyana Suhaimi, like Melissa Zexter, also uses a hybrid technique. She not only writes fashion watercolors, but also decorates them with embroidery. Thus, fashion trends in her drawings can not only be seen, but also touched.
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