Orchidée noire et phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis or Butterfly Orchid: This prize-winning piece explores the similarities between certain plants and insects. Emmanuelle has tried to render this plant strange and fantastic by combining dreamlike elements from nature with the world around her. The muslin and silk pongee petals have been embroidered with satin stitch and scallop stitch, dyed with a brush, then primed and shaped.