Meet Onyx, the cutest little noodle-man. This was a really fun (and extremely messy) experiment with getting gold leaf and scale structure onto fabric! For @tlh_on_main , a wonderful friend.
This piece was incredibly challenging, but super rewarding as well! The scales shine differently as you move the hoop and they catch the light, creating shifting depth. I’ll upload another post with a vid showing that off cause it’s one of my favorite things about this, and the reason I chose to embroider each individual scale.
Image ID: A hand embroidered corn snake sits on an off-white muslin fabric inside an embroidery hoop. The snake has a pattern of red, orange and brown patches, bordered in dark brown. He is arranged in loops, one loop shows off his underbelly which is cream spotted with dark patches. He also has his tongue sticking out.
One of my recents works. This piece was inspired by an image from that old 60’s documentary, “Holy Ghost People”. I took a few liberties and added the kudzu vines.
A video of my snake embroidery, showing how the light shifts on the scales as the piece is moved about.
Working with embroidery the last couple years I knew this would be the effect I would get if I individually embroidered all the scales & thats why I chose to go the tedious route with this piece, the payoff!
Hope the vid shows it alright! It’s a bit hard to capture fully.
I did a lot of crafting over the holidays for gifts. I made some embroidery pendants and some snake shed pendants from my hognoses Inky and Udon.i also embroidered a panda hat for my friend's birthday. Not all of them on this post but feel free to check out my other socials if you want to see more!