Vest 1900 - 1925

This vest was made by an anonymous artist using embroidery and textile. What strikes me first is the sheer labor, the amount of time someone must have put into this. It reminds me that all art is a process, a journey of small gestures adding up to something bigger. The texture is so present, isn't it? You can almost feel the tiny stitches under your fingers, the way the colored threads create these vibrant, geometric patterns. There's a beautiful tension between the crisp white fabric and the density of the embroidery, between the individual stitches and the overall design. Look at the way the colors shift and repeat, how the patterns build on each other. It makes me think of artists like Anni Albers, who embraced the tactile and the handmade, using textiles as a form of visual language. This vest, like all art, is a conversation, a dialogue across time and cultures. It's a reminder that art is never finished, only abandoned.