Portraits of famous people embroidered by a Russian craftswoman (PHOTOS)

Ksenia Gromova/@gromdoma
Artist Ksenia Gromova is a talented portrait painter; and, since 2017, she has been practicing smooth embroidery. Take a look at the incredible portraits she’s made with just a needle and some thread!

Frida Kahlo

Salvador Dali

Catherine the Great & her favorite Grigory Potemkin

Marilyn Monroe

Joseph Brodsky

Sandro Botticelli's Venus

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Vincent van Gogh

Shakespeare (and poor Yorick)

Sergey Yesenin

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