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(supposed to be peach colour but I didn't have access to the right colour)

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tufted moth with beaded/embroidered eyes

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idea for rug or wall hanging - tufted background & beaded moth?

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Rug idea?

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First go at tufting - need to make samples bigger!

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Love how delicate

this looks but takes way too long - maybe combine

beading with other techniques?

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Silk too thin for machine embroidery (or use thicker interfacing)

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Magritte inspired?

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LOVE this collage

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Too much going on?

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Love the creepy/surrealist vibe

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Bug "tattoos"? (Art within art)

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Storytelling through collage?

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Reasons why I like these artists:

detailed hand embroidery

Mixing embroidery/beading/tufting

Very object/composition based, not at all abstract

Taking familiar objects out of their context and placing them together (almost surrealism)

Sometimes quite dark/not traditionally aesthetic imagery

Mixing a lot of natural imagery (botanics, human body parts etc)

Storytelling quite important in compositions

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At this stage, I realised that I was losing the original qualities of my initial drawings - the detail, the textures - and I was trying to design too much at this point. I was basically losing myself, so I took a step back and researched textile designers who I love, to figure out exactly what it is that I love.