Gear Threads – Birgitte Busk

Birgitte Busk - Mogens - Machine Embroidered Portrait

Created by illustrator Niamh O'Connor, Urban Threads is revolutionizing machine…

Got some serious eye candy for you today. Birgitte Busk is a textile artist in Denmark who creates freehand thread painting portraits, using an ordinary sewing machine and mad skills.

Birgitte Busk - Poetry - Machine Embroidery — Birgitte Busk – Poetry

Many of her pieces are on the super-photorealistic side…

Birgitte Busk - Uls - Machine Embroidered Portrait — Birgitte Busk – Uls

Birgitte Busk - Pernille - Machine Embroidered Portrait — Birgitte Busk – Pernille

…but they’re just as gorgeous when she lets the stitchiness show.

Birgitte Busk - Karoline - Machine Embroidered Portrait — Birgitte Busk – Karoline

She creates portraits on commission…

…and dabbles in other things, too.

Making Pixel-Art Machine Embroidery

Birgitte Busk - Restarting - Machine Embroidery — Birgitte Busk – Restarting

Birgitte Busk - Dolly Parton - Machine Embroidery — Birgitte Busk – Dolly Parton

Birgitte Busk - Kunstnerbrev - Machine Embroidery — Birgitte Busk – Kunstnerbrev – Machine Embroidery on Printed Fabric

See more of Birgitte’s amazing work here.

Birgitte Busk - Turning Teen - Machine Embroidery — Birgitte Busk – Turning Teen

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Gear Threads is brought to you from the offbeat gals at Urban Threads. Created by illustrator Niamh O’Connor, Urban Threads is revolutionizing machine embroidery one edgy, elegant, innovative, and/or offbeat design at a time. Discover the future of digital stitchery at www.urbanthreads.com.

Urban Threads

Created by illustrator Niamh O'Connor, Urban Threads is revolutionizing machine embroidery one edgy, elegant, innovative, and/or offbeat design at a time. Discover the future of digital stitchery at www.urbanthreads.com.