Tailor in Monsoon

This photo embroidery took 900 hours to complete. It is made of 4.9 million stitches, each one carefully planned and thought of.

This photo realistic embroidery presents an old man saving a sewing machine from the flood in Porbandar, India (1983).

When recreating this moment in embroidery, especially skin and hair of the old man presented a challenge.

About motif

One afternoon McCurry spotted this man walking down the middle of the street with the sewing machine on his shoulder. He was a tailor and the sewing machine represented his livelihood. Unfortunately the machine was ruined, but when the picture appeared on the cover of the National Geographic Magazine, the machine’s manufacturer sent him a new one.

Deep zoom of the artwork

https://www.ercigojart.com/gallery/tailor-in-monsoon/

Artwork info

Motif: by Steve McCurry
Type: Photo embroidery
Technique: Ercigoj stitch
Year: 2016 — ongoing
Edition: Limited (5)

Dimension: 150 x 100 cm | 59.1 x 39.4 in
Number of stitches: over 4.9 mio
Thread length: over 59 km | over 36.7 mi
Development: over 900 person hours

Also available in:
80 x 54 cm | 31.5 x 21.3 in, limited edition (10)
101 x 67 cm | 39.8 x 26.4 in, limited edition (10)

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