Series: Stories from beehive front panels
Motif: based on traditional folk motif
Type: Embroidered painting
Technique: Mixed embroidery
Year: 2012 - ongoing
Edition: Unlimited

Size: Small
Dimension: 32 x 14 cm | 12.6 x 5.5 in
Number of stitches: over 150,000
Thread length: over 1.8 km | over 1.1 mi
Thread colours: 19
Development: over 45 person hours

Women were often depicted in a satirical manner. Often dissatisfied with food that their wives prepared, the farmers made up amusing stories of why the lunch was burned or was not very good –  the devil himself supposedly came to the kitchen and stole the good food.

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