Another example of a different approach to portraiture comes from Kumi Yamashita, who uses thread to create surprisingly realistic images.
These portraits focus mostly on showing tone and using it to define the forms. This is done by increasing or decreasing the density of the thread at specific places to create darker or lighter areas respectively. The most impressive part of this for me though, is that each piece consists entirely of a single thread. At no point is the thread broken or replaced by another.
Such a technique requires a lot of patience and precision, as well as delicacy. This is not the kind of work that someone in a manic phase would likely be able to produce, so in regards to my client, this is perhaps more geared towards the down phases of their bipolar disorder.
It is interesting to explore all of these different kinds of works and styles to understand how different artists express themselves and their ideas. My hope is that this will result in me understanding my own client a lot more.
Such a technique requires a lot of patience and precision, as well as delicacy. This is not the kind of work that someone in a manic phase would likely be able to produce, so in regards to my client, this is perhaps more geared towards the down phases of their bipolar disorder.
It is interesting to explore all of these different kinds of works and styles to understand how different artists express themselves and their ideas. My hope is that this will result in me understanding my own client a lot more.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/06/remarkable-portraits-made-with-a-single-sewing-thread-wrapped-through-nails-by-kumi-yamashita/