embroidery on a leaf

Artist Solange Nunes thinks out­side the hoop by embroi­der­ing on a pre­car­i­ous material—dried leaves. Tak­ing on their brit­tle and del­i­cate sur­face, she stitch­es col­or­ful bou­quets on the brown back­grounds. The jux­ta­po­si­tion she’s cre­at­ed is excit­ing in more ways that one.…