Vampire Bat in Purple KCI Materials: Japanese paper

Materials: Japanese paper

Based on a 1774 illustration of Bos Bison (American Bison) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

This Edwardian evening dress is made from Japanese paper

a British day dress from 1885

I layered Japanese Mizutama watermark tissue over a fern-patterned chiyogami paper

Vampire Bat in Purple KCI Materials: Japanese paperIf you look closely, you'll see that this ferocious little vampire bat has teeny tiny stitched fangs. It is based on an 1811 illustration of the Vampire Bat from The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals: : from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern, Embellished with Numerous Plates, Accurately Coloured from Nature; in Two Volumes. The bat is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper,