Dandelion Runner
An extraordinary embroidery artwork of more than 2 square metres. It is a pure joy, a sort of meditation, to gaze into its details.
We invited Boštjan Plesničar, a renowned painter, to work with us on this pioneering project. His artwork, the Dandelion Runner, is the first official Ercigoj Art embroidered painting, created in a process of true artistic symbiosis.
About motif
A naked runner holding a dandelion clock in his lifted hand is a parable of human cravings, yearnings, and illusions. These, though seemingly irrational in the eyes of the beholder, set us in motion and give a sense to our existence.
The central and integral part an idée fixe plays in an individual’s life is exquisitely expressed through perspective and composition. The bird’s eye view of the runner’s outstretched body is all-pervading; his idée fixe leaves no place for anything else.
He touches the soft grass carpet under his feet with the tips of his toes only. He seems to be all but lifting off the ground on the wings of his craving.
Through visually different embroidery techniques for the dandelion (impressionist colour blending) and the runner (in focus, sharp and high contrast embroidery), the perspective effect was achieved.
Deep zoom of the artwork
https://www.ercigojart.com/gallery/dandelion-runner/
Artwork info
Motif: by Boštjan Plesničar
Type: Embroidered painting
Technique: Mixed embroidery
Year: 2010
Edition: Unique
Dimension: 202 x 101 cm | 79.5 x 39.8 in
Number of stitches: over 3.5 mio
Thread length: over 42 km | over 26.1 mi
Development: over 1200 person hours
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