Crafts CouncilDirectoryCarola van DykeBolted CabbageAboutSculpture made with floating stitches of a bolted cabbage. Machine stitching is used in a contemporary intuitive and impressionistic way: with the loose hanging threads you get a sense of the making technique. I wanted to represent nature in a rough and vulnerable manner and focus lies on the unappealing vegetation, the straggly overgrown common weeds and plants as well flowers. Inspired by 17th Dutch still life paintings.Carola van DykeHastings, EnglandBolted Cabbage, Tim NathanEmbroidered sculpture of tiny floating stitches.Bolted Cabbage, Tim NathanBolted Cabbage, Tim NathanBolted CabbageAboutSculpture made with floating stitches of a bolted cabbage. Machine stitching is used in a contemporary intuitive and impressionistic way: with the loose hanging threads you get a sense of the making technique. I wanted to represent nature in a rough and vulnerable manner and focus lies on the unappealing vegetation, the straggly overgrown common weeds and plants as well flowers. Inspired by 17th Dutch still life paintings.Carola van DykeHastings, EnglandBolted Cabbage, Tim NathanEmbroidered sculpture of tiny floating stitches.Bolted Cabbage, Tim NathanBolted Cabbage, Tim NathanMore from Carola van DykeProjectBotanical GardenProjectLiberty London deer and Stag headsProjectButerfleogeProjectFrayedProjectStill LifeProjectHerbariumProjectConserved Specimen-Thistle ProjectConserved Specimen- BorageProjectBearded IrisProjectFloral Vanitas