Animal Print Paper Flowers

From cavemen to cougars, animal prints have been worn by many. Some wear it well…

 others not so much…

Many a four legged beast were thankful the world over, when in 1947 Dior turned from fur to animal print.  From Gucci to Givenchy, many designers followed.

When browsing for animal print patterns to make paper decorations with, found much of the usual safari palette… giraffe, leopard, zebra, until I stumbled across these Ashley Goldberg prints.

 My attempts at these fine prints using watercolours.

Making Paper Lanterns using Ashley Goldberg inspired prints.

Animal print & crepe paper flowers

Leather Flowers

It took 300 days, 300 nights and numerous stitches before the leathery masterpiece could be revealed.

Much like pregnancy and childbirth, a whole lotta work for a beautiful end result…

15 needlesmiths, 1000 pieces of leather and a man with a vision.

 Floral Skull Leather Sculpture by Jacky Tsai, on display at Harvey Nichols in London.

 Thought I’d give it a go on a much smaller and far less exotic scale. Handmade flowers using leather, felt and craft pearls.

This is how I’ll be using them over the festive season!

DIY Leather & Felt Flowers