These embroidered canvas belongs to a serie of hand-embroidered fabrics with different compositions, dimensions and applications. The drawings are designed as a reference to the brush strokes used to decorate Iberian ceramics. These spontaneous and free strokes are a way to leave a mark on what we do, to leave a little of ourselves.

On ceramics, this task was normally performed by the potter’s wife, who used a small wooden square to which she tied different brushes to trace the decoration with horizontal, straight or wavy stripes. In this case, the silk fabric is worked as a canvas on which the design of the strokes is hand embroidered. The technique used to make them, it’s the same with which Manila’shawls (a traditional Spanish garment) are made, so that the drawing is visible on both sides of the fabric.

DETAILS

Woven fabrics from industrial waste.
Embroidered by hand.

TRAZOS II EMBROIDERED CANVAS N.01 // PRIVATE COLLECTION

White silk thread on white silk crepe de Chine. One of a kind. 20x20cm

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Terracotta silk thread on blu silk crepe de Chine. One of a kind. 20x20cm

TRAZOS IV EMBROIDERED CANVAS N.01 // PRIVATE COLLECTION

Ocre silk thread on white silk crepe de Chine. One of a kind. 20x20cm

TRAZOS V EMBROIDERED CANVAS N.01 // PRIVATE COLLECTION

Green silk thread on blu silk crepe de Chine. One of a kind. 20x20cm