This Embroidery Artist Will Stitch One-Of-A-Kind Portraits of You and Yours

Paint­ing is the con­ven­tion­al way to immor­tal­ize some­one’s like­ness through art—but that does­n’t mean it’s the most com­pelling. Tere­sa Lim, aka @teeteeheehee, stitch­es embroi­dered por­traits in a dis­tinc­tive style that’s a col­li­sion of col­or, tex­ture, and the black­work tech­nique. These com­mis­sioned pieces often involve two to four peo­ple (but some­times just one per­son!) whose fea­tures are out­lined in dark thread; they remain the col­or of the fab­ric. Sur­round­ing them, how­ev­er, is a visu­al explo­sion of repeat pat­terns, knot­ted stitch­es, yarn, and more. The com­bi­na­tion is a quirky way to pay homage to the love between two peo­ple or a family.

Tere­sa is cur­rent­ly tak­ing com­mis­sions for her hand embroi­dery; sim­ply fill out this form on her web­site.