Helen Hazon – Nature #3
Animals
Inspiration – the life and work of the honey bee.
The second pair of quilts in my Nature series focus on animals.
Again, a very broad topic so I have selected one important animal to represent the whole Kingdom – the honey bee. Bees, and other insects, visit flowers to collect nectar and/or pollen to feed themselves and their young. These visits to flowers bring about pollination and hence seed and fruit formation – food sources for many animals including humans.
My quilt design shows the honey bee herself – it’s only the female workers that visit flowers for nectar and pollen. I’ve included a diagram of a very special dance that she performs to tell other bees in her colony where they can go to find good sources of food. This is known as the “waggle dance” and shows how very clever these little animals really are. The hexagonal structures are built as brood chambers where eggs develop into adult bees and also as a storage area for honey within the hive.
The quilt is made from cotton fabrics with rayon thread for embroidery. The quilting is in fine nylon thread and the bee’s wings are nylon net. I have also used Inktense pencils.
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I love your chosen subject, immaculate work as ever! The use of the net for the wings is a great idea.
Work cleaned and purged to the minimum existential but well-explanatory of the vital function of the bee. Excellent realization, even in the small details.
Beautiful details and such precision. I love your work, it is so delicate. Great attention to details and beautiful embroidery. Bravo!
As usual this is a very well executed piece! I also really like the use of netting to make the wings but above all I love the sketch of the bees dancing! well done!
As always, your stitching is immaculate and adds such a lot to the design. I like the way that you have included the waggle dance and the honeycombs and the bee itself is beautifully done. Great work
The story is very interesting, including a lot of detail. The workmanship is wonderful and your work is very delicate.
As always everything to the smallest detail is perfect not only in techniques used but also in information presented by your quilt. I love learning from your quilts!
I admire the fact that your quilt is so informative. So much fun to know that there is a waggle dance! Immaculate stitching and the bee is beautiful with her gorgeous wings. Lov’it.
Thank you for adding the interesting explanation. The use of tulle in the wings adds a bit of realism to your piece. Nice work!
I love all the information which you have so beautifully depicted in this quilt. Your stitching is superb. Wonderful to learn about the “waggle-dance”. Bravo.
What a clean, crisp and informative design of the very clever and hardworking life of the female honey bee worker. Beautiful stitching and love the texture of the wings, well done!
So much information in one quilt. Very well done. As always beautiful stitching.
Beautiful in execution of your style, it is so clean and refreshing to look at.