Linda Behar's photorealist embroidery

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Autumn Salt Marsh 2
Linda Behar

I defy you to look at Linda Behar's embroidered marshlands and not be fooled into thinking they're photographs. To achieve this unusual level of textile realism, she prints photos taken on-site onto cloth, then improvises over them with embroidery. See more of her work on flickr.

Via Daily Art Muse.

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