Embroidery That Gives A Second Life To Vintage Photos

If you have a taste for vintage things like old photographs and embroidery – this artist manages to intertwine these two things in her art in a very unique and beautiful way. Han Cao is a self-taught artist that lives in Palm Springs at the moment. She creates her art by embroidering right onto vintage photographs and therefore giving them a new life and enhancing them in a way.

It’s actually quite interesting how Han got inspired to create this type of art. She likes frequenting antique shops and markets and she would often see these discarded photos and postcards at the bottoms of boxes and realised no one would ever see or buy them. It seemed sad that all these souls might’ve lived beautiful lives that we would never know of, so she decided to make it her goal to retell a new story for them.

It takes a while for Han to choose a particular photo or postcard to work on. She liked to analyze the pieces at the market before buying them. She usually looks for people and places that have more of a story to tell, or pieces that have beautiful colors or composition that is fun to play with.