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Embroidered Houses by Happy Red Fish

Multimedia artist Hagar Vardimon-Van Heummen runs a creative studio in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, called Happy Red Fish, producing a series of work that combines thread on paper. The Lonely Houses series uses found photos of houses from vintage books and hand stitches lines and patterns onto them with embroidery thread. The results are a beautiful array of three-dimensional works that bring color and life to the old structures.

Happy-Red-Fish-2-1_All-those-words(detail),-collage-and-thread-on-paper,29.7x42cm,-2013-

All those words – detail, thread on paper, 29.7x42cm, 2013

Happy-Red-Fish-3-1_Clouds-and-roots,thread-on-paper,29.7x42cm,-2013

Clouds and roots, thread on paper, 29.7x42cm, 2013

Happy-Red-Fish-4-1_Wrapped,-thread-on-paper,29.7x42cm,-2013-

Wrapped, thread on paper, 29.7x42cm, 2013

Happy-Red-Fish-5-2_Climbing,thread-on-paper,-21x29cm,-2012-

Climbing, thread on paper, 21x29cm, 2012

Happy-Red-Fish-6-2_Dripping,thread-on-paper,-21x29cm,-2012-

Dripping, thread on paper, 21x29cm, 2012

Happy-Red-Fish-7-2_Float-,thread-on-paper,-21x29cm,-2012-

Float , thread on paper, 21x29cm, 2012

Happy-Red-Fish-8-2_Forward,thread-on-paper,-21x29cm,-2012-

Forward, thread on paper, 21x29cm, 2012

Happy-Red-Fish-9-2_On-the-shore,thread-on-paper,-21x29cm,-2012-

On the shore, thread on paper, 21x29cm, 2012

Happy-Red-Fish-10-Tower,thread-on-paper,-21x29cm,-2012-

Tower, thread on paper, 21x29cm, 2012

Caroline Williamson is the former Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk and a writer with a passion for modern design, architecture, and creative culture. She holds a BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, solving New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or curating Spotify playlists.