One to Follow: Cayce Zavaglia
…sew amazing!
The work of Cayce Zavaglia is unlike something I’ve ever seen before. There was a resurgence in the popularity of embroidery during my art school days, but I’ve never seen portraits with such attention to detail and awareness to colour.
The optical mixing that happens in these works made of thread is amazing. From afar they could be a new pointillist work, up close and in reverse they are a mess of threads and knots.
Hello Giggles featured Zavaglia, writing about her reasons for using the medium:
The St. Louis-based artist, born in Indiana and raised in Australia, began as a painter. Twelve years ago, in an effort to avoid the toxins in oil paints and turpentine while she was pregnant, Zavaglia hit upon a new technique for creating painting-like images by using layered stitches.
Read their full article on her here.
Above is an example of one of her oils. Her transformation of style from painting to embroidery wasn’t too far divorced from her original style. Using abstract short brushstrokes, her works featured marks indicative of thread lines. Check out more of Zavaglia’s work on her site here.
