Terrarium-Inspired Embroideries Given a Sculptural Twist With Crepe Paper

The embroi­dery hoop is a great place to be nowa­days. Artists are stitch­ing beau­ti­ful and cre­ative works that fit with­in the con­fines of a cir­cle, but as we’ve seen, there are many who think beyond it. This is both lit­er­al­ly and figuratively—and in the case of Helen Wilde, she builds out­sides the con­fines of the two-dimen­sion­al sur­face. Her embroi­dery art com­bines crepe paper and thread to build sculp­tur­al ter­rar­i­ums on the stretched fab­ric. At first glance, how­ev­er, you’d nev­er real­ize that the plants were made of fab­ric; they look like twist­ed thread.

So, how does Helen work her mag­ic? In an Insta­gram post, she reveals, “[It is] is crepe paper,” she explains, “lots of lit­tle leafs twist­ed to cre­ate the suc­cu­lent.” She’ll soon be mak­ing kits so you can try the effect for yourself.