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Project showcase / 2020

Line Drawings

MiHyun Kim

Embroidered line portrait 1 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 2 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 3 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 4 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 5 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 6 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 7 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 8 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 9 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 10 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 11 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 12 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 13 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 14 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 15 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 16 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.
Embroidered line portrait 17 of 17: a tangle of black thread on a white sheet laid on a gridded mat.

Line Portrait Project is a series of code-generated portraits that translate light and shadow in photographs into continuous-line drawings. These digital portraits are transformed into physical embroidered works, connecting computational processes with the texture and craft of embroidery.