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Artist Anja Wülfing has a knack for combining the antiquated with the absurd, painting colourful creatures onto turn-of-the-century photos

Han Cao, who is also known as hanwriting on her Instagram account, combines old vintage photographs with her chromatic embroidery.

I paint my little visitors into old fotos. I like the thought of bringing something so very lively to these forgotten people.

In The Embroidered Image, mostly vintage photographs become canvases for stitch art.

Artist Anja Wülfing has a knack for combining the antiquated with the absurd, painting colourful creatures onto turn-of-the-century photos

At last, after numerous requests.... my faux tintype tutortial Here is what you will need: 1. your images printed on cardstock 2. black cardstock 3. glue 4. Ranger's Glossy Accents 5. wax paper or freezer paper to work on (trust me you will need it) Keep your images together as large as possible. It's easier to add the Glossy Accent to larger pieces. Lay your freezer paper down (slick side up). Slowly squeeze the Glossy Accents on your images and using your finger swipe the liquid downward…

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Cabinet cards are early photos from 1900 or so. Each photo is hand painted with acrylic paint to create a whole new image. In 2014, 100 images were painted and featured in a show called "Meet the family" by Colin Batty at the Peculiarium in Portland Oregon. The show was then turned into a book of the 100 images by the same name.

John Stezaker’s surreal, handmade collages—comprised of film stills, publicity portraits, and postcards collected from thrift stores and bookshops—are masterful studies in contradiction. They are familiar and nostalgic, but also unexpected and strange. Like a Coen Brothers film or Flannery O’Connor short story, they walk that compelling line between comedy and tragedy.