Post by Petra van Cronenburg - ourselves.space

ourselves.space

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#Microscopic for #SciArtSeptember insights in my #BiodiversityShrines project. I had a real exhibition, still online with photos here: https://www.cronenburg.net/reliquaires/ In calmer times, I want to make more ... the material is waiting. But I need a lot of inner peace and patience for this kind of work. @embroidery @fiberarts @fibrearts

#mosstodon #lichensubscribe #beetles #biodiversity #artistsOfMastodon #embroidery #fibrearts #fiberarts #asemicWriting #moss #FrenchKnot #naturelovers #MoreThanHuman

Zoom on embroidered moss in different green, brown and whitish shades done using French knot stitch. The sporophytes are made from fragile green wire and the capsules are tiny brown and green glass seed beads. The moss was applied on the bark of a 150-year-old oak that had died from the terrible droughts in France.

A mix of nature findings and embroidery for a collage: A whitish real (dried) lichen is fixed on grey fabric with precious golden brown silk threads. From the distance, it looks as if the lichen is blooming.

A small and very thin piece of wild cherry bark is applied on gauze and then on yellowish paper. I used the holes made by beetles for inspiration: It looked like the writing from an unknown culture. My asemic writing is stitched with silver thread into the holes. Now the bark looks like a part of an ancient scroll.

For work like this, I need a magnifier: a beetle leg. At the left is a photo of the real beetle - at the right my artificial leg. I used the thinnest wire and wrapped it in the real proportions with black sewing thread. These legs were later fixed on the paper art body.

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