Insects have been used as adornment and recreated in textiles for centuries. sharing a smattering here of some beautiful contemporary textile art of insects. Check out the sensitive textile nature art of Dutch-born Australian artist Annemieke Mein here. She works in various media including textiles, and the textile art includes these beautiful insects:
Textile insects by Annemieke Mein
Born in England and based in Kenya, artist Sophie Standing uses textile art to portray the wildlife she sees. I absolutely love this bee:
Bee textile art by Sophie Standing
She does a lot of the African megafauna, but this dung beetle is charming:
Dung Beetle textile art by Sophie Standing
Michele Carragher is a London costume embroidery for film and TV who has done extraordinary work (for shows like Game of Thrones). Some of her insect-themed work:
Detail of Game of Thrones costume embroidery by Michele Carragher
You can find the delightful work of UK embroiderer Humayrah Bint Altaf on instagram and Etsy as The Olde Sewing Room.
