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Nice handiwork! Artist stitches eye-watering artworks onto his own PALM

David Cata, 21, uses his body as a canvas by embroidering stunning portraits of his loved ones into his hands

Artist David Cata really suffers for his work - by stitching delicate needle and thread portraits onto his own hand.

The 21-year-old uses his body as a canvas by embroidering stunning portraits of his loved ones into his palms.

Each of David’s eye-watering portraits takes four hours to complete, and amazingly the process draws very little blood.

He produces stitchings of his own family before painstakingly picking the stitchings out of his hand.

An outline of each face is still visible in the picked flesh of his hand - but David said the pain is only superficial.

The unique artist, from Veriero, Spain, says the pain wouldn’t bother him anyway.

He said: 'Every person we meet makes us in some way. Their image projects onto us, reminding us where we come from.

'By sewing into the palm of my hand I paint the faces of the people that have left their mark on my life: family, friends, partners, teachers.

'Their lives have been interwoven with mine to build my history. Pain is no boundary.'

Each portrait uses different coloured threads and intricate techniques to capture the resemblance of each individual family member.

But it is clear that the most detailed work goes into the eyes and mouth.


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So far, he has stitched the likeness of his brother, Javier; his grandfather, Cata; his Aunt, Fe; his father; his girlfriend, Tamara; his grandmother, Josefina; his friend, Carlos; his teacher, Ciuco and many more.

David has even stitched a self-portrait which he has blown up and superimposed over his own face to show the incredible likeness.