Bound Together — Hand-Embroidered Historical Photograph

Description

A striking piece of textile art exploring women, strength, connection, and the body through historical imagery and hand embroidery.

This one-of-a-kind artwork transforms a vintage black-and-white photograph of two women holding machetes through the addition of vivid anatomical hearts, embroidered by hand in brilliant red. Beads and sequins add texture and dimension, while a single red thread connects the two hearts.

The contrast between the women’s powerful stance and the delicate, visceral embroidery creates an image that feels simultaneously confrontational and intimate. The connecting thread suggests kinship, solidarity, shared experience, and the invisible bonds between women.

Mounted against a black mat, the saturated red embroidery becomes the focal point of the composition.

Details

• Original, one-of-a-kind textile artwork
• Historical photograph printed on fabric
• Hand-embroidered anatomical hearts
• Bead and sequin embellishment
• Connected red-thread detail
• Mounted on black mat board 5″x7″
• Unframed
• Handmade by Ricamo Strano

This piece is especially suited to collectors of feminist art, historical photography, textile art, surreal embroidery, women’s history, and unconventional wall art.

Because every element is embroidered and embellished by hand, this is an original artwork rather than a reproduction.