Work in progress

Last week I mentioned I`m working on something new.

It is something I love to do

and makes my heart sing.

This is a portrait of one of my daughters

in crossstitch.

I converted a picture into a pattern.

Up till now I`m following the pattern

but I have some ideas to make it my own creation.

The plan is to make custom portraits.

Hopefully soon available in my 

still to open Etsy shop.

But first I`m going to finish this portrait

so you can see the end result. 

Mission:

In my work I want to show the beauty of each person or animal. 

The crossstitches are a lot like pixels, if you look closely it is a collection of colorful squares, 

from a distance the face gets it`s shape and becomes clear. 

If you concentrate on the little details you loose sight of the bigger picture. 

The bigger picture is a combination of beautiful and less beautiful things. 

This combination is unique and makes up the personality. 

Which to me is the real beauty.

In my portraits I want to expres this unique combination.

Allthough I`m still working on this piece

and it`s my first one and I`m not even sure if 

the result wil be as I imagine.

I want to show it

to let you in on the process,

success and failure.

Still in doubt though if that is a wise thing to do

I`m going to push the publish button.