Catharina Carlsson – Sweden

The balancing act

Description

One of my greatest inspirations, nature, balances on a thin line. When its smallest components are at risk, we who are higher up in the food chain are dangerously close to disaster. Something we might close our eyes for. I know I often do. On my hat, an enlarged insect tries to find the equilibrium on the brim and I hope we humans try to do the same in nature.

Materials

• Straw braid
• Sinamay
• Lace
• Wire
• Sequins and beads
• Silk fabric
• Felt
• Organza
• Thread

Techniques

• Strawbraid sewed and blocked by hand
• Blocked sinamay
• Made pattern and machine embroidered wings
• Assembled insect and embroidered with beads and sequins
• Sew on cut pieces of lace
• Made pattern for flowers and laser cut them
• Shaped and sew on flowers