Go big or go home. I have drawn and then made a bobbin lace moth of a little advanced design.
First I browsed the net for inspiration and I looked at especially the beautiful saturniid moths and then I made a sketch, with a biro on paper.
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I scanned the sketch and in Photoshop I went through several modifications and experiments with color. In the end, I have drawn a template which I subsequently printed out. I forgot to draw in the positions for pins this time, so hopefully, I won’t forget next time, because it was a pain in the ass to get the pins symmetrically.
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The next step was, of course, the work itself. I did not time it precisely, but I worked on it this whole week from Monday till today, so I estimate it at somewhere around 30 hours. The outer parts of the wings were very time consuming, each side took me about 8 hours. It is 20 bobbins lace after all. Here you can see the work in progress, as it was today a few hours before the finish line.
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The last step was to frame it. We do not have too many fabrics that could be used for background, but from those that we do have a shiny grey worked best.
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Wow. That’s amazing and I love the choice of colours.
This is amazing and for sure nobody would guess “beginner” if they saw this.
And yes, the background suits it nicely
Wow that’s really neat! How cool that you can design your own patterns. I think it turned out very nice!
That is art. I love the color choices and I’m blown away by your skill.
Beautiful work -- very nicely done.
Also a species of the Lepidoptera that I hadn’t heard of before!
This looks awesome.
Nice. Looks not like bloody beginner to me. You’re gifted.