Anatomical Heart — Gothic Hand-Embroidered Portrait

Description

A woman dressed in black. A heart exposed in red thread. Everything else left in shadow.

This original mixed-media embroidery transforms a stark vintage fashion photograph with a single visceral detail: a hand-stitched anatomical heart placed directly over the chest. Fine red threads escape from the heart and travel across the image like veins, nerves, tangled memories—or something that refuses to stay neatly contained.

The restrained black-and-white palette gives the embroidery an almost startling presence. Rather than embellishing the clothing, the stitching reveals what lies beneath it.

Presented in an ornate black rose frame, the work takes on the feeling of a Victorian mourning object or gothic relic. Romantic and slightly unsettling, it explores the tension between the carefully constructed exterior we present to the world and the vulnerable, complicated interior we keep hidden.

A one-of-a-kind piece for collectors drawn to gothic art, fashion imagery, embroidery, dark romanticism, and the beautifully strange.

Details

• Original mixed-media textile artwork
• Vintage-inspired fashion photograph printed onto fabric
• Hand-embroidered anatomical heart
• Fine red thread extends organically throughout the composition
• Black-and-white palette with deep red embroidery
• Ornate dimensional black rose frame 7×10
• One-of-a-kind original
• the back of the frame is slightly damaged. It’s completely functional.