Love This! Woven Mugshots

If woven mugshots aren't unique, fascinating, and amazingly original, I don't know what is. 

Today's artist, Joanne Arnett, does just this--she weaves mugshots and then names them after the sentence that the subject recieved. For instance, the image above is entitled "Two Years and a Fine of $2000," and some of the images below are entitled  "30 Hours Community Service" and  "18 Months with Time Off for Good Behavior." Clever, right?

What I can't believe is that these images are actually woven, and aren't really aren't prints of some sort--they're so well done! I love looking at the details of the weave/thread up close, so that I can understand [or try to understand] how they were made. WOW.

I've included some of the details below, so that you, too, can be astounded by the intricacy of this work...

Detail of the image above, "Tow Years and a Fine of $2000."

Detail of the image above, "Six Months Probation."

Pretty fabulous, don't you think?  I love when artists successfully mix high-brow and low-brow subject matter and processes, and I believe that these woven mugshots are a perfect example of a job well done. 

You can check out more of Arnett's work on her website, here. Thanks to Juxtapoz for introducing me to her work!