Perhaps you remember making innocent projects in elementary school using leaves. We painted them, glued them to paper, used them as stamps, and did whatever felt natural. But crafter and leaf-lover Hillary Waters Fayle has gone one step further. With needle and thread, she makes miniature embroideries using leaves as her canvas.
Since her earliest years, Waters Fayle knew she wanted to be an artist, but she soon realized that she wanted to be involved with nature as well. So she decided to pursue her career in textile and printmaking, which she merged with botanical and organic material.
“These botanical embroideries and blueprints are born of my desire to illuminate this connection and my curiosity about the overlapping of spiritual and religious symbology and sacred geometry, with patterns that exist in nature,” she explained.
While creating her art, the Richmond, Virginia-based embroiderer doesn’t have any waste—besides leaves, she uses thread given by other people, including her grandmother. In her gallery, you can enjoy beautiful and colorful flowers, patterns, and shapes perfectly embroidered into all kinds of leaves.
If you are interested to see her unique work, check out the gallery below. Which one is your favorite?
