Octopus in Gold and Periwinkle bestiary ivory-coloured glass beads decorate the

ivory-coloured glass beads decorate the bodice and a gold sequin stands in for a brooch

glass beads stand in for the buttons on the bodice

To imitate the cold and coral brocade of the original

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

Materials: Japanese & Thai Kozo papers

Octopus in Gold and Periwinkle bestiary ivory-coloured glass beads decorate theSometimes you need to go back to 1560 to find the right octopus; the original illustration for this Polupus is from Conrad Gessners Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum. The octopus is 6 inches across, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, hand trimmed sequins, and cotton