Flamingo in Purple Flowers on Pale Yellow Shoes and boots Materials: Nepalese and Japanese paper

Materials: Nepalese and Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 1973

It is based on a 1774 illustration of Castor fiber (European beaver) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

and have little glass bead eyes

Flamingo in Purple Flowers on Pale Yellow Shoes and boots Materials: Nepalese and Japanese paperBased on an 1883 illustration of The Flamingo from Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, with a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting. The flamingo is 4. 75 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 hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, glass bead, and cotton floss on cotton