Stitching

The two main stitch types which I used was a Back stitch and a Running stitch:

I used various materials and cut pieces of material from a tapestry to create a story and image of my own. I started with a cut out of a persons head from the tapestry:

My next step was to cut out a section of cross-hatched material and stitch it onto the subjects eye. The idea behind this was to create a greater sense of mystery about the person’s identity:

After this, my next step was to stitch over his mouth and the other eye to again bring a sense of mystery to the buys identity and also add more texture to the overall piece:

The final addition that I made was to backstitch the whole thing onto another part of the tapestry that I cut out. This was to add more context to the overall piece by putting the subject in a location that the viewer can interpret for themselves:

Animation

After completing the final embroidery piece, I transferred all these images and layered them in photoshop. I put the images in chronological order and set the frame rate for the animation. Here is the final product:

Tapestry

After we finished our individual pieces, we put them together to create a deeper meaning and story to be interpreted by the viewer. We stitched the individual pieces to a large material sheet in an order that we agreed on, here is the final product: