Within the small frame of an embroidery hoop, Malaysian artist Sheena Liam tells a lot about herself. She uses one-color thread to show herself at intimate moments. This mainly concerns the moments when the artist takes care of her body. Think of combing or braiding the hair or dressing and undressing. You see these kinds of daily activities in the small self-portraits that Sheena Liam makes.
Despite the non-obvious technique and the limited color palette, Liam manages to produce very realistic images. His trick is based on leaving loose threads and create an illusion of three-dimensionality as if the same image came out of its wooden frame.
The interaction with the spectator is born from these threads precisely with which, in many occasions, the different hairstyles of the works can be finished; braids, pigtails, bows? This gives the embroidery an extra dimension.
What makes Liam’s work unique and fascinates the viewer is that it deals exclusively with artisanal art. Artist for the moment, she continues to try different hairstyles and poses that add to each of them a lot of difficulties, but also of great beauty.
