The embroidery of Jane E Hall is breathtaking, and in
this gorgeous book she combines her love of butterflies
with her outstanding talent as a textile artist to
produce three-dimensional renditions of exquisitely
worked butterflies that are almost indistinguishable
from the real thing. Using the finest of silk threads
and needles, Jane lovingly creates her butterflies'
wings using the tiniest of stitches worked on to silk.
They are then carefully cut away and the edges
strengthened with hair-fine wire before being attached
to the bodies, carefully crafted from air-drying
modelling medium and brushed with whisper-fine threads
to resemble hairs. The butterflies are then placed
within a setting of silk leaves and flowers, all made
with the same painstaking attention to detail and expert
skill as the butterflies themselves. This book provides
a fascinating introduction to butterflies in nature,
reflecting Jane's love and admiration for these
exquisite creatures, and goes on to describe the
materials and methods Jane uses to produce her
incredible creations.Twelve projects, each based on a
different butterfly including the Painted Lady, Small
Tortoiseshell and the Brimstone, present the finished
piece along with the materials Jane used, and the
photographs, swatches, drawings and paintings that
inspired it. One of the most striking features of this
book is the amazing photography of Jane's work,
including detailed close-ups, which, together with
Jane's poetic and inspiring text, make this a book that
anyone who is an artist, embroiderer, textile artist or
simply a lover of beautiful books - will want to
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