Buenos Aires · est. 2019
Tiny worlds
stitched by hand,
held in clear acrylic.
I'm Teresita, an Argentinian artist making hand-embroidered miniatures and acrylic-box paintings. Each piece is sewn one thread at a time, then suspended inside a transparent box so you can walk around it.
Selected work
Pieces from the studio
Each work is one-of-a-kind. Embroidered miniatures: figures, garments, small talismans, mounted on gold leaf and floated inside a handmade clear acrylic box. No two are the same size, and no two are ever repeated.
Process
Slow work,
in small rooms.
Each piece begins with a thread and a drawing. The miniatures are embroidered by hand on cotton or silk, sometimes barely two centimeters across. Once finished, they're mounted on gold-leafed panels and sealed inside a custom-cut acrylic box.
Nothing is printed. Nothing is batched. A single work takes between two weeks and three months to finish.
01 Encaje
02 Montaje
03 Envío
04 El paquete
Statement
Teresita Castelli
My work begins with a needle, a thread, and a memory that may or may not have happened.
I embroider miniature worlds, small scenes suspended between what I remember and what I imagine. Each piece is hand-stitched, built slowly, detail by detail, carrying the quiet weight of intimate time.
The acrylic dome that holds each work is not merely a frame. It has physical presence: weight, dimension, yet reads as light and transparent. It draws a real boundary around what lives inside, preserving these worlds intact, sheltered from dust and from forgetting.
I make things that ask to be looked at closely. Things that feel private, almost secret, as if you've stumbled upon something not meant for everyone.
Commission a piece →Bespoke
Commissions
Tell me about the place it will live, the story you want held inside it, and the size. I'll propose a palette and a concept, and we go from there.
Petite · 20 × 20 cm
A piece the size of your palm
A single embroidered miniature, floated inside a small acrylic box. For the bedside table, the intimate corner, the gift that says something words can't. Two to four weeks from first conversation to delivery.
Jardín · 45 × 65 cm
A garden of nine figures
Nine hand-embroidered miniatures arranged across a gold-leaf field. A world you can spend time in — each figure a character, each placement a choice. Six to ten weeks, because a garden cannot be rushed.
Signature · 65 × 75 cm
A constellation of twelve
The studio's most-requested format. Room for twelve figures across a gold-leaf field — a constellation, a family, a memory held open. Eight to twelve weeks from first sketch to finished work.
Contact
Let's make
something small
and unforgettable.
For acquiring a piece, commissioning a new one, or exhibiting the work, write to me directly. I reply to every message personally.
teresitagcastelli@gmail.com