Soda Pop-Hand-Embroidered Feminist Fiber Art Portrait | Vintage Marilyn with Bottle

Description

Hand-Embroidered Feminist Fiber Art Portrait | Vintage Woman with Bottle

This original hand-embroidered fiber art portrait features Marilyn Monroe captured mid-gesture, drinking from a bottle. The grayscale photographic image is altered through hand embroidery, transforming the woman’s clothing into a textured black stitched blouse and a softly rendered skirt, creating a striking contrast between historical imagery and contemporary textile art.

The figure is framed within an oval embroidery hoop, finished with a hand-stitched lace border accented by black embroidered dots. Clean linear stitch marks intersect the composition, referencing pattern drafting, dressmaking, and the constructed nature of women’s identities throughout history. The result is a bold feminist embroidery artwork that blends fashion history, protest imagery, and slow craft.

This piece is part of an ongoing body of work exploring women’s voices, vintage photography, and embroidery as storytelling. Each artwork is completely one of a kind, made slowly by hand, and cannot be reproduced.

Perfect for collectors of fiber art, feminist art, textile wall art, and contemporary embroidery, this piece functions as both a historical re-imagining and a modern statement object.

Height 7″- Width 4.25″