Commissions
See the examples below
Please send me a message through a form in Contact or email me at vatesllc@gmail.com
Please describe (preferably with photos) what type of landscape would you like and the size of your picture. After that, I’ll tell you the price and if you are satisfied with this amount, we will discuss the details and shipping terms.
It is also possible to pay the amount in installments.
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Note:
I only embroider landscapes (no close-up objects, decorative flower patterns, portraits, animals, or a logo of any brand)
I do not embroider screens and huge pictures, for instance, more than 1x1 meter (39”x39”)
Monte Verita (2024)
This is the third time I’ve worked with @drdoeg, and there is a whole story behind each picture.
Text from @drdoeg:
“Monte Verità (Mountain of Truth) is a hill located along the northwestern coast of Lago Maggiore, in the village of Ascona, within southern Switzerland’s Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. In 1902, amidst the Belle Époque, the site became a Lebensreform colony where anarchists, dancers, artists, psychoanalysts, ascetics, wanderers, healers, writers, and mystics visited to live a Tolstoyan aesthetic in communal living with pacifist values. They wore loose-fitting clothing, farmed, practiced natural healing, vegetarianism, yoga, expressionist movement, nudism, and sunbathing. The community organized around an open spiritualism influenced by pantheism, Rosicrucianism, theosophy, German romanticism, and Eastern mysticism. Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Laban, and Mary Wigman all held residence at the colony. In 1917, Laban’s summer dance school culminated in Sonnenfest, a movement festival celebrating the sun, using the vehicle of outdoor performance and participatory community ritual to create a contemporary pagan identity. Gusto Gräser, one of the founding members of Monte Verità, embodied the archetype of the long-haired hippie poet proselytizing anti-capitalist, anti-statist, anti-militant, and return-to-nature values. Gusto Gräser deeply influenced Herman Hesse during his stay at Monte Verità, inspiring the hermitic characters of Damien and Siddhartha. The seeds of spiritual expression and anti-establishment philosophy cultivated at Monte Verità became the rootstock for the 1960s counterculture movement.
The embroidery depicts the south-facing vista from Monte Verità in the last days of summer, overlooking Lago Maggiore and the Montes Cadrigna, Lema, Gambarogno, and Tamaro on the other side. The panoramic landscape features moss and grass-covered granite, creeping bougainvillea, palms, cypress, and small deciduous trees on the ancient hill. Nestled in the center of the mythic terrain is a small cottage. An old stone path passes between the two young palms, Boaz and Jachin, and leads up to a classical rotunda temple situated atop the bluff.
This is the third work depicting sacred sites of Europe and featuring digital certificates found in the 32-byte insignias”.
La Verna (2023)
This is the second time I've worked with @drdoeg, and there is a whole story behind each picture.
Text from @drdoeg:
“La Verna sanctuary is located in the Casentino Valley of central Tuscany, in the province of Arezzo. The landscape represented in this embroidery holds great meaning in the life of Italy’s patron saint. The view from the foot of the cliffs depicts the isolation of the Franciscan refuge, accessible only through a winding stairway carved into the towering stone.
After giving away all his worldly possessions, stripping off his clothes, and renouncing his father's name, Francis of Assisi adopted the last name of his mother, Pica Bourlémont. This was the same French family of textile merchants that Joffrey belonged to and from which the fairy tree in Domrémy derived its name.
On the morning of September 14, 1224, Francis was praying alone after many days of fasting in preparation for the feast day of Saint Michael. Amidst his dedication, he was overtaken by an ecstasy of suffering. The sky tore open, and a seraph descended upon him. The creature flew like a bird with six wings: two wide-open, two above his head, and two covering his body. The creature had five wounds from which a powerful light emanated. As this light struck Francis, it left him with the same five wounds depicted at the 12th station.
In the grass below the cliffs, a 256-bit number is encoded as 32 columns of horizontal stitches, each representing a byte. The number constitutes a cryptographic proof published in the Dogecoin blockchain. This transaction identifier serves as a certificate of my authorship of the embroidery, contains links to an image of the composition, and provides details of the story. The landscape and cryptographic proof were commissioned and researched by the pseudonymous Dr. Doeg (@drdoeg)”.
Two Cliffs (2023)
Domrémy (2023)
Size 7.8”x11.8” (20cmx30cm)
Text from @drdoeg who ordered the picture:
“Domrémy is a small village in the Champagne region of France which was the birthplace of Joan of Arc (1412-1431). Due to her great importance, the French simply refer to her as la Pucelle (the Maiden), and officially named the town Domrémy-la-Pucelle. Since Joan of Arc was tried for heresy under oath, we know much about her life from her own words, and those of people close to her. Their testimonies were recorded in official Church documents, which still exist.
This embroidery represents the landscape where Joan, starting at the age of 13, received visions of the archangels Michael and Gabriel, and the three virgin martyr saints: Catherine, Barbara and Margaret. In these visions she was instructed to lead the armies of France, drive out the English and crown the Dauphin as King. Testimony reveals the children of Domrémy would sing and dance around the giant beechwood "fairy tree”, and leave flower garlands on its branches, as gifts for the fairies. The nearby wellspring was also said to be enchanted.
The beechwood was also called the Tree of Bourlémont, named after the family of Joffrey Bourlémont. Joffrey settled the Vosges department of the Champagne region, after returning from the Crusades, nearly 200 years before Joan of Arc. Depicted in the image is Bourlémont tower overlooking the fairy tree, wellspring, and forest reported to be home to dragons. A singular floral wreath is placed on a low hanging branch of the giant 1000-year-old tree.
In the grass to the right of the well, a 256-bit number is encoded as 32 columns of horizontal stitches, each representing a byte. The number constitutes a cryptographic proof published in the dogecoin blockchain. This transaction identifier serves as a certificate of my authorship of the embroidery, contains links to an image of the composition and details of the story. The landscape and cryptographic proof were commissioned and researched by the pseudonymous Dr. Doeg (@drdoeg)”.