All images © Ulla-Stina Wikander, shared with permission
Pastoral landscapes and quiet domestic scenes stitched into vintage textiles envelop ’s needlepoint sculptures. Using rotary phones, kitchen appliances, or an antique gramophone as her foundation, Wikander () molds the cross-stitch works around her chosen object, cloaking it in a blanket of color and texture while preserving its original shape. Multiple facets of domestic life intersect in the revitalized pieces, which bring the age-old craft traditionally associated with home decoration and items commonly found in kitchens and garages together into reinterpreted forms.
Splitting her time between Stockholm and Kullavik, Wikander shares that she’s started to work with sports equipment and more elaborate tools, which you can see on . You can browse her available works at Philadelphia’s , and see her pieces in person through August 6 at in New York and at in Sydney in the coming months.
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