I work with the Lunéville crochet needle, which allows me to abstract the embroidery towards the minimal gesture. A drawing, a painting, a story. There is no sketch or guide in my work, it is a blind path guided only by my hand.
Carmen M. Castañeda
Spain
For me, the process is very important. I don't work directly with the final image, but rather I embroider on the back of the work. In this way, I do not see the result, I simply touch it and with my touch I incorporate the materials underneath the canvas as I embroider. The expectation of what it will be makes me let myself be carried away by repeated movements, using the memory of the gesture in the body and drawing blindly without knowing what the final aspect of the work will be'. The use of a thread, sometimes real, sometimes suggested; the repetitive gesture of a needle that breaks the silence of a canvas; the established rhythm of the minutes, of the seconds, trying to capture the memory or its absence.
A work marked by the repetition of the same gesture as opposed to the current industrial rhythm.
Chrôma 606F–VI, 2023
Hand embroidery. Sequins/cotton thread on cotton organza. Technique with “Lunéville crochet”, reverse embroidery (84 hours of embroidery), measuring 140 x 100 x 4 cm / 55 ¹/₈ x 39 ³/₈ x 1 ³⁷/₆₄ in. Unique artwork.