American artistCayce Zavagliacreates amazingly layered embroidered portraits that look more like paintings than thread work.

From her website:

Initially, working with an established range of wool colors proved frustrating.

Unlike painting, I was unable to mix the colors by hand.

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Front and back view

Back view

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