This is really nice - nice idea and good rendering!

Blessed be the tie that binds
my collar to my shirt
through thin and thick
through Jane and Dick
through cleanliness and dirt

Blessed be the stitch that saves
those other stitches, nine
through meager sups
and downish ups
and and forks with just one tine

This is really wonderful. And I totally agree with your references. I also love what Neil added!

Hmmmm, my comment didn’t post but I said the same about references as Studio Lolo. OH and it’s interesting the bits you have chosen to colour with red ... They look like zombies or sheep visited by Aliens. I think they are Chinese.

Wow, this is well executed. I really like the shading. The details of their twin-like expressions is very stunning. My first thought was they were twins. The needle is just awesome. Great details.

This is pure genius.

This actually makes me think of how couples tend to take one each other’s characteristics as they grow older together… the only thing that would be missing then is a dog who looks like the two people!  Your work is quite marvelous - beautifully executed and subtly humorous.

There is something off-setting about this...I can’t pin-point it...but it troubles me...maybe they have the look I’ve seen in Holocaust movies...where the victims are told some sort of lie and not to worry everything is going to be okay...and in their hearts the victims know it is a lie...and for what reason, perhaps hoping against hope, they put on their best face instead of fighting right then and there...I digress...great job with the needle and the thread really pops…

What Carla said. I was thinking about how married couples actually start to look like each other, sharing facial expressions, etc.

I like that the thread is red.

A very intriguing conceptual piece!