Jackalope in Turquoise & Gold Hillwood My swan is 3

My swan is 3

The form is maintained using the natural stiffness of the brown taffeta

Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo marina viridis (Green Turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina

The piece is based on an evening dress by ‘Thurn’ of New York and Paris

This darling little dress is made from Nepalese paper

Jackalope in Turquoise & Gold Hillwood My swan is 3One of the first things I ever embroidered was an image of two horned rabbits from Johann Daniel Meyers 1752 Representations of all kinds of animals with their skeletons. It was the illustration I came back to when I decided to stitch some paper jackalopes. These little creatures are 3. 25 inches tall, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to