A year or so ago, I held a little exhibition as part of a scientific conference, and showed a lot of designs based on biological subjects. These proved very popular, and I'm still getting requests and commissions from biologists who like my artistic interpretations of science. One recent commission was for a little school of zebrafish. These are pretty little fish which can be bred to produce all sorts of interesting colours and patterns. They are popular subjects for geneticists to study, and my client wanted a gift to present to a colleague of hers who had just published a big paper on zebrafish genetics
I'd done zebrafish designs before so these weren't difficult to do. The only new thing about them was the use of Mylar, overstitched in different colors to make the fish's bodies.
The glittery zebrafish
It is VERY frustrating, but neither scans nor photographs can really reproduce the shine of Mylar and metallic threads, so you will just have to take my word for it when I say that these fish glitter very nicely, and the shine gives an extra dimension to the piece
Hi Mia, Your zebra fish are lovely and the mylar and metallic threads add a lot to this special depiction of 5 zebra fish variations. Even though the mylar and metallic threads do not show up that great in a photograph one can still see some of the shine and glitter.
Mia, you can see from the photograph that they have metallic threads, I am sure at night they would be glistening. They are wonderful in real life to watch them swimming about with all the shimmering as they move, a very colourful school of fish. Well done once again.
I can see the glimmer in the bigger picture. Very nice! I’ve not used Mylar yet but love what it added to your fish.
Thanks for sharing.
Mia, that is a lovely piece and yes you can imagine the glitter. Not that you’ve discovered using mylar, you will find other uses for it. It really makes the zebra fish piece. Love the design. Hope you are keeping well.
Je ne connaissais pas ces poissons zèbres
Leur broderie est très réussie