Yes, I love bugs and I cannot lie.
This is the first project I finished in our new home, a small but very detailed embroidery using multiple gauges and types of metallic thread to sort of drill down into the shiny carapace. The idea is that stringing a fine web of metallic thread over a two or three color satin-stitch fade will help to make it shine without obscuring the color, like interferent paints.
Our new kitchen has amazing light, and it has rapidly become my favorite workspace for detailed handwork. It’s kind of a construction site, since like many traditional Berlin rentals it was a BYOK- Bring Your Own Kitchen- and we get a little into setting it up, then run out of money and take a break. But I love it anyway, so much. Working in here, I am as happy as I’ve ever been.
I thought that photo was one of those black-and-white photos with some colors left intentionally–I was like, good God, why would you do such a thing—but your kitchen really looks like that!
Ha,yes it is going to be all black & white, a place to display all the black and white things I’ve made/collected over the years, that would look weird in the saturated color of the other rooms. I have several gray scale paintings that I made as exercises in college that I’m going to hang, plus the creepy B&W dollies!
The bug is beautiful. I used some gold metallic thread on a cross stitch picture I made and I loved using it. I just love seeing your kitchen! It looks wonderful. Great installation job.