The Woods

This embroidery artwork tells incredibly sad story. Written with over 4 mio stitches.

A hidden menace: a minefield from the Balkan wars near Vranje, Serbia. A defensive structure of the Serbian Army left behind from war against NATO in the nineties. As pioneer plants are overgrowing the fields, they are slowly turning into a virgin forest. This faceted artwork is put together from 20 small photo embroideries, each functioning as its own picture, but combined they create a completely new image with an amazing depth.

Deep zoom of the artwork

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Artwork info

Motif: by Chris de Bode
Type: Photo embroidery
Technique: Ercigoj stitch
Year: 2016 — ongoing
Edition: Limited (10)

Dimension: 150 x 80 cm | 59.1 x 31.5 in
Number of stitches: over 4 mio
Thread length: over 48 km | over 29.8 mi
Development: over 700 person hours

Also available in:
200 x 106 cm | 78.7 x 41.7 in, limited edition (5)

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