Kashmir Flower Seller

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Ercigoj Art Embroidery

2 min readJan 30, 2019

The entire palette of embroidery threads in one magnificent artwork.

When in Kashmir, each morning, Steve McCurry travelled with flower sellers on the lake Dal. During one of these morning rituals, this photo was taken.

It took the entire palette of embroidery threads to recreate this photo magic in the embroidery.

About motif

Kashmir was a dangerous place in the late Nineties, with atrocities such as the kidnapping and murder keeping the region in the news, but McCurry wanted to picture life away from the violence as well. His photographs of the Kashmiri people, such as the one above of a man with henna-dyed beard and moustache, reflect there perseverance and resilience.

Deep zoom of the artwork

https://www.ercigojart.com/gallery/kashmir-flower-seller/

Artwork info

Motif: by Steve McCurry
Type: Photo embroidery
Technique: Ercigoj stitch
Year: 2015 — ongoing
Edition: Limited (10)

Dimension: 98 x 150 cm | 38.6 x 59.1 in
Number of stitches: over 4.6 mio
Thread length: over 56 km | over 34.8 mi
Development: over 900 person hours

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