More than meet the eyes by Bisola Abdulrasheed Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Yarn and nail on board Dimensions: 10 x 12 in Year: 2026 Price: $3500.00 USD Status: available There is more beneath the surface that you haven’t seen yet. Behind every smile, every giggle is a woman figuring life out silently. This piece is about self discovery and silent awareness journey in womanhood. Built with yarn and around nail. The story intertwined everything the journey takes. Why collect this work?The portrait makes recognition depend on interruption: taut lines, exposed nailheads, and bundled forms continually break the face into parts while preserving its concentrated frontal presence. The artist profile describes Abdulrasheed’s shift from painting to thread and her focus on women’s lived experience. Her statement frames strands as carriers of memory and burden, clarifying the intended stakes without fixing the sitter’s meaning.In the photograph, intersecting threads split the forehead, cheeks, and neck into angular zones. Light accents concentrate around the eyes, nose, lips, and earring, while the expansive hair silhouette presses against the face.The documented yarn and nails on board let line operate as both depiction and construction. Nailheads become visible turning points, producing facial contours through repeated redirection rather than continuous outlines.Catalogued at 10 by 12 inches, the work condenses a materially complex portrait into a small field. It provides a focused case for examining how textile construction complicates the catalogue category of painting. About the ArtistBisola Abdulrasheed Bisola Abdulrasheed is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: textile. Based in Ibadan, NG. Nationality: Nigerian My practice explores womanhood, resilience, vulnerability, and the quiet experiences carried by women and the girl child.
