Artist Hillary Fayle (previously here and here) slices and stitches patterns into found leaves, producing elegant designs that strike a delicate balance between natural specimens and the human hand. The works range from minimal tweaks to individual leaves to more involved patterns that link several in one embroidery. Fayle hopes each piece is an encouragement to look at nature a little closer and consider the potential for harmony in objects often overlooked.
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“I want to salvage and revive our connection to the natural world,” explains Fayle in an artist statement on her website. “…Both tender and ruthless, this intricate and sensitive work implies that our relationship to nature is both tenuously fragile and infinitely complex.”
You can see more of Fayle’s leaf embroidery, as well as some new experiments with snake scales, on her Instagram and website.
Source: thisiscolossal.com