Knitting is a not-so-complicated process in which various raw materials are spun into yarns, and then these yarns are connected into knitted fabrics with a needle. To put it in layman's terms, it is the process of knitting sweaters and gloves.
For friends after the 80s and 90s, perhaps when they were young, they also wore knitted shirts knitted by their mothers, with the growth of economic level, and machines instead of labor, now children can basically rarely wear knitted sweaters made by hand, replaced by machine products, although the pattern is more complex, the style is more exquisite, and it is more soft and warm, but what is missing is that the mother's hands are full of love.
In your opinion, what other use can knitting do besides making knitwear that can keep warm and warm? In our opinion, it may have only one function, but in the eyes of the artist, everything has infinite possibilities, and everything in the world can be used by them to create art, and knitting techniques are no exception.
Feith Humphrey Hill is one such innovative mixed-media artist who combines traditional knitting techniques with her painting skills to create vibrant knitted portraits. So, how were these vibrant knitted portraits created?
First of all, Feith Humphrey Hill will use the computer's drawing tools to draw the subject of the portrait, draw the sketch, and then use another application for fine depiction, this magical application can help her to create knit patterns on the basis of digital painting.
Equivalent to the foundation work has been completed, and then it is the time of pure handwork, Feith Humphrey Hill began to knit line by line, using the pattern created by the computer for her, and she woven a portrait. And that's not all, after the knitting section is over, the artist soaks and dries and finally photographs the piece.
In Feith Humphrey Hill's knitted portraits, a variety of tools were used to achieve unusual layering effects. Complex digital sketches, combined with the texture of the knitted pattern, eventually achieve the true touch of the finished product, and if you look closely at these woven paintings, you will mistakenly think that they are a spectral style painting. I have to say that this artist is so talented, and his hands-on ability is also a great one, which is admirable.
Next, let's take a look at the hand-knitted portraits created by this talented artist.