so buried in it that we only see them when pulled out in abstractions

Hand embroidery on cotton
24" x 36" each
2014 - ongoing

I'm curious about images found in newspapers and online of bodies under blankets at crime scenes. I embroider these images omitting any part of the body left uncovered. The hours spent embroidering these images are spent thinking about the fallen, the circumstances, the location, those who work 'around' the body, and those left to mourn. 

Documentation by Toni Hafkenscheid