Stephen Sollins

Part of me is pained by the work of Sollins because he removes needlework from existing vintage pieces.  But he does so while counting the stitches by colour, and then reworks the canvas with exactly the same number of stitches that were used previously, but in a modernist, minimal grid.  The dominant color (by quantity) is always placed at the upper right of the grid with the square size descending from right to left.

I have to admit that I really like the effect.

stephen sollins, needlepoint, vintage, repurpose, art, craft, thelooksee

stephen sollins, needlepoint, vintage, repurpose, art, craft, thelooksee

stephen sollins, needlepoint, vintage, repurpose, art, craft, thelooksee

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