Emmi Kahn


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Emmi Kahn is a med student who embroiders atomically correct organs and systems using colourful threads. Within her embroidery she focuses on the connections between beauty, anatomy, and the environment, usually incorporating natural and floral aspects into her pieces. Khan started creating these types of artwork whilst studying biomedical sciences at University, the further she advanced in her course the more precise her pieces became more and more precise. she believes science and art go hand in hand together and believes them to be “different approaches towards observing, processing and presenting the world around us.”.



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Source: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/01/emmi-khan-anatomy-embroidery/


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