Framed size 12"W x 12"H x2"D acrylic box
Stephen Wilson expertly crafts extraordinary and timeless designs using sustainable materials. Each art piece embarks on a journey, starting with an up-cycled luxury bag, box, silk scarf, or album. Wilson meticulously creates a bespoke embroidery design, delicately intertwining every stitch by hand.
The album series begins with a vintage album sleeve, which serves as the foundation for intricate designs created with a variety of techniques such as yarn embroidery and photorealistic embroidery. Each album is carefully embroidered with over 200,000 stitches, taking more than 8 hours to complete. Upon completion, the album is adorned with embroidered patches and other decorative objects, making each one truly unique.
"Never Mind the Bollocks was the Sex Pistols' debut album and their only studio album. This is the album that changed everything in the music industry and ushered in the punk rock movement. The raw sound, the look, and the attitude of the Sex Pistols is still talked about 40 years later with only one studio album. In a time before MTV or the internet, to make such a lasting impact is amazing. The art for the album was designed to look like an inexpensive stencil for a screen print and it was printed in a few color versions. For the album I wanted to create the albums cover entirely in yarn. I found bright day-glow colors of yarn and used circular and abstract stitching patterns to create the album cover." - Stephen Wilson
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