Beautiful Occult Hand Embroidery By Adipocere, Weaving Macabre Maidens And Danse Macabre On Line

Adipocere is a Melbourne‑based embroidery artist who crafts intricate, macabre illustrations on natural linen using hand embroidery, blending innocence with unsettling melancholy and surrealism.

Themes draw from occult motifs, danse macabre, vanitas, death and the maiden, spiders, bats, skulls, and existential concepts like martyrdom and impermanence, often portraying raven‑haired maidens interacting with skeletons, goats, and deadly flora. Uses natural linen for sustainability; stitches temporary pieces on own skin; motifs symbolize emotional self‑portraits with irony, camp, and retro charm — tender, humorous, subtly disturbing.

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