Women Get To Be Whoever They Want To Be in Giselle Quinto’s Embroidery Art

Embroidery has been around for centuries, and it’s often considered an old-fashioned art form, but Giselle Quinto is here to change that. She’s using her body of work to celebrate the female form and celebrate womanhood in the most glorious way.

According to her official website, Quinto’s “work brings an anarchic view to classic embroidery, revisiting old traditions and transforming it in protest for equality, where all have the right to be and live whoever they are.”

Simply put, this means that the female characters in her work walk a fine line between strength and fragility, pushing aside whatever society tells them they should do or be, and doing whatever they please.

Some of them are mothers, others are single and thriving. Some have their hair carefully braided, while others prefer to let it loose. Some spend their days reading and taking care of their plants, while others would rather grab cocktails with their besties. All of them coexist in perfect harmony with each other – sometimes within the same person because there’s an incredible duality to every woman that people often fail to see… but not Giselle Quinto.

She sees women for all they are, were, and have the potential to become, and that’s why her embroidery became such a huge sensation. Her hoops are the very definition of girl power, and you’ll see your mother, your sister, your best friend, or simply yourself while looking at them.