Blue Silk

Description

This book is approx 3cm in height. I made this book from a silk cocoon. It contains both silk pages, silk fibre and the silk worm larvae has been embedded in resin inside the book. The exterior of the book has been hand stitched using silk thread and decorated delicately. The cord that holds the book together was hand braided using silver and blue silk thread

Inspiration

I was unsure which catagory to put this item as although technically it is a book it is also a miniature curiousity, In Victorian England weathier people used to have cabinets containing curiosities, odd things brought back from other countries or original crafted items.this is perhaps one of those things. As a child my mother once showedme a seed pod, so tiny so fragile and so wonderful for inside this seed pod no bigger than the tip of my smallest finger was perhaps 80 miniature animals carved from bone. A true inspiration and a starting point for my work.
I appreciate that you might consider this item to be expensive but think on this, i only make one of each colour and each piece is unique in decoration. Perhaps it will be come a family heirloom, something to be displayed for all or maybe just brought out and for those special ooh ahh moments that make children wonder. This is my last one being sold ever,,,

Shipping & delivery

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United Kingdom £5.00