Hair Embroidery

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on August 22, 2007 at 10:34 am


Artist Laura Normandin’s media of choice for her embroidery project is a little bit unusual: she used human hair!

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Previously on Neatorama: Knitting Things with Human Hair | Hair Shirt | Hair Wreath


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5 comments to "Hair Embroidery"

  1. Capella
    August 22nd, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    Ok, for some reason that really grossed me out.

  2. Melissa
    August 22nd, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    In the Victorian era, hair art, especially jewelry was strikingly common. Some women even kept a special vase like thing on their dressers called a "hair receiver" to keep hair collected from their brushes for using in craft projects. Tons of girls from that era made super elaborate things from human hair, either their own or a loved one's. I guess the fairly modern concept of hair having germs kind of killed the appeal.

  3. Solo
    August 22nd, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    I can provide a lot of hair from my shower if you're interested :)

  4. anon
    August 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 pm

    Jenny Hart did an embroidery with hair, "Oh, Unicorn."

    I think her site is Jennyhart.net.
    She's the one behind Sublime Stitching and is awesome.

  5. louisa
    September 25th, 2007 at 9:50 pm

    I saw some amazing hair embroideries from an artist named Kate Kretz a few years ago...I think she still does them... they look like really detailed, elaborate drawings. She uses her own hair and her boyfriend's hair.

    Her website is katekretz.com and I think she has a blog too, where she shows the work in progress.


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