In Spain, cities are tinged with a thousand colors thanks to the cross-stitch street art of the artist Raquel Rodrigo. Raquel is carrying out the Arquicostura project in Madrid to first decorate the city where she lives. Cross stitch street art is part of the Guerrilla Knitting movement.
In Spain the cities are tinged with a thousand colors thanks to the cross-stitch street art of the artist Raquel Rodrigo. Raquel is carrying out the Arquicostura project in Madrid to first decorate the city where she lives. Cross stitch street art is part of the Guerrilla Knitting movement.
Unlike the cross-stitch works that we all know, Raquel Rodrigo's works are large-scale and need supports such as ropes and fences to be born. Even if her creations are much larger than the common ones cross stitch embroidery, recall the motifs and colors and for this reason they are having a lot of success.
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Thanks to his work there cross stitch street art is expanding to several cities in Spain. Not only Madrid but also Valencia he already has his cross-stitch works that embellish the streets. These are real artistic installations that are usually made on transparent nets positioned in the places of the cities to be embellished and redeveloped.
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The most beautiful creations are dedicated to roses, Raquel's favorite flowers. Cross-stitch street art works can only be admired and understood by observing them from afar, so the designs and motifs that characterize them take shape in all their splendor, including roses, cherry blossoms and hibiscus.
You can admire all the crochet street art works on the Arquicostura Facebook page.
Marta Albè
Photo source: Raquel Rodrigo
