I am a sculptural embroidery artist. In my travels around the world, I have learned from different cultures about ways of life and the role of crafts. I understood that embroidery and nature are timeless threads that connect us all. I embroider elements from nature; it is my primary vocabulary.
I paint with stitches using a sewing machine, and explore boundaries in my medium. From a two-dimensional form, I create a three-dimensional object, focusing on textures and details.
I engage with philosophical and emotional questions, expressing the paradoxes of life, the passage of time, and the beauty of imperfection.
Itamar Yehiel (1984, Jerusalem, Israel) is a contemporary embroidery sculptor based in Berlin, Germany. Renowned for his distinctive three-dimensional embroideries, Yehiel uses thread to explore philosophical and emotional interpretations of organic forms. His work combines silk, cotton, nylon, polyester, and gold, intricately woven into sculptural forms.
Yehiel’s artistic exploration is deeply rooted in the tension between realism and illusion, the temporary and the eternal, the contemporary and the traditional, and crisis and hope. He invites the viewers to reflect on the complexities of existence.