catherine mcever: embroidered wonder bread

catherine mcever: embroidered wonder bread


van gogh's starry night


'embroidered wonder bread' made by american artist catherine mcever uses sliced bread
and thread to create art. while seemingly empheral, mcever has been able to keep some
of these carefully crafted embroidered pieces for over four years.



'embroidered wonder  bread'




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fiona db
05.14.10  
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Why?
Jesus   05.15.10
"let's do something that someone has never done before... Ah yes! Lets embroider bread!"
CH-85   05.15.10
If she is going to copy some body else's work, she should at least propose something different and at least beautiful, this is so random.
annoyed   05.15.10
why not?
Thrilled   05.15.10
bad copy of something that's done before: www.ximenaescobar.com
mmm   05.15.10
yeah - y not? ~ Bad artists copy. Great artists steal. by Pablo Picasso
Casey Chen   05.16.10
copy? common people! lots of people has been embroidering bread since SEVENTIES!!!!! hellooooo??!!!!
linda grey   05.16.10
Can we see the ones she's kept for four years?
Jack   05.16.10
wow guys wow. why? why? this is what makes normal people hate artists.
annoyed.   05.17.10
as husband of a fibre artist, i think its quite cool .. who would-a-thought? if only your bread could be preserved as long as a Mickie D's bun.
sjr   05.18.10
Very bad work it's not art at all
Missrehama   05.20.10
Some of you people have no sense of humour, do you?
TW   05.20.10

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