IREN

Handmade in Dubai

Hand-embroidered portrait, carmine drapery

A portrait,stitch by stitch.

I'm Iren. I embroider portraits by hand from your photograph.

I take one portrait at a time. The frame, the glass and any fixing of your photo are included.

Commission a workFinished works

From 10,000priced by size

Works

Finished works

Portraits are most of what I make, though not all. Some pieces were commissioned, a few are for sale. Each exists once.

Monochrome embroidered portrait of a man in a cap, wide oak frame

Grandfather

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Grandfather

2021Atelier collection

Size
34 × 24 cm
Stitches
24,500
Thread colours
10
Hours of work
160
Frame
Rectangular frame
Price
Not for sale

Sergei Yesenin

A portrait of the poet against a river landscape with a village church. Whitewashed wooden frame; the face is worked in fine tonal transitions.

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Size
30 × 40 cm
Stitches
36,000
Thread colours
30
Hours of work
250
Frame
Rectangular frame
Price
Price on request
Hand-embroidered portrait of Sergei Yesenin in a whitewashed frame
Sepia hand-embroidered face of Christ in an oak frame

The Face of Christ

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Every work is in the gallery

The whole gallery

The Craft

Hundreds of hours by hand

Your photograph becomes a portrait sewn cross by cross, each one a real strand of thread in its own shade. Nothing is printed.

The work starts before the first stitch. I restore old photos, take out anything you don't want, and change the look if you ask. It is part of the portrait, not an add-on.

One face across three stages: photograph on the left, cross-stitch plan on canvas in the middle, finished hand embroidery on the right
  1. 1Your photograph
  2. 2Planned in thread
  3. 3Sewn by hand

The price, stated plainly

A 40 × 60 cm portrait

50,000

44,980
stitches
30
days of work

I price every portrait by its size. Smaller ones start at 10,000. The price covers the embroidery, a framed glass front, and any work your photo needs.

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