Turbo Embroidery!

This month I have been powering through ridiculously time-consuming embroidery projects, clocking eight-hour chunks over and over.

Embroidery Suzanne Forbes 2015Mystic Hand Embroidery by Suzanne Forbes

(When Netflix asks if I’m still watching for the third time, I’m allowed to hit yes but have to stop the next time! I love embroidering so much it’s easy for me to overextend and I had tendonitis last year. )

Also I finally got a Swarovski crystal application tool that runs on EU current. It is vicious- it heats up so fast. suz by mike estee

My friend Mike, who took this nice picture of me working like a fiend, pointed out that the current here is a BEAST. And of course I have already burned myself with it. I don’t mind, though.

It’s like burning yourself with the glue gun- it helps you know you’re alive!

Moth Embroidery by Suzanne ForbesI decided to try scanning the pieces besides using my pathetic photography “skills” and D’s iPad. The color reads a little cool but I think you can see the details much better. As I’m increasingly doing re-embroidering, going back over every stitch many times with layers of color and metallics, it’s nice to be able to see all the work.

Also I realized it’s time I start signing these on the front, and I’m really happy with how the deco monogram came out!

 

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About Suzanne Forbes

Suzanne Forbes is a traditionally trained figurative artist who makes documentary art of queer culture and Berlin life. She also works in mixed media. She is a former New Yorker who immigrated to Berlin with her third husband and their two cats. Her work is crowdfunded by the support of her Patrons on Patreon; you could help! In previous lives Suzanne was a graffiti artist in downtown NY, a courtroom artist for CBS and CNN, a penciller for DC Comics on Star Trek, and a live-drawing chronicler of Bay Area alternative culture.

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    1. Suzanne Forbes Post author

      thank you so much Britt! I do sell my embroideries occasionally, but usually only to people who can collect them themselves in Berlin. They take so long compared to my other work, so I have to sell them for quite a lot more than a drawing, and shipping from Berlin is both very expensive and quite unreliable. You are welcome to see what’s available if you’re in Berlin!

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