Crafts CouncilDirectoryCarola van DykeConserved Specimen-Thistle AboutThistle is made with tiny floating stitches and associated with the growing awareness of the environment and the need for preservation - the story of the work done underground, the roots and the tubers, highlighting the beauty and diversity in the undergrowth. It has a dramatic, curious quality and represents nature in a rough and vulnerable manner. The embroideries are pinned away from the wall, so it creates a beautiful moving shadow.Carola van DykeHastings, EnglandConserved Specimen - Thistle, Tim Thistle is made with tiny floating stitches and associated with the growing awareness of the environment and the need for preservation - the story of the work done underground, the roots and the tubers, highlighting the beauty and diversity in the undergrowth. It has a dramatic, curious quality and represents nature in a rough and vulnerable manner. The embroideries are pinned away from the wall, so it creates a beautiful moving shadows.Conserved Specimen-Thistle AboutThistle is made with tiny floating stitches and associated with the growing awareness of the environment and the need for preservation - the story of the work done underground, the roots and the tubers, highlighting the beauty and diversity in the undergrowth. It has a dramatic, curious quality and represents nature in a rough and vulnerable manner. The embroideries are pinned away from the wall, so it creates a beautiful moving shadow.Carola van DykeHastings, EnglandConserved Specimen - Thistle, Tim Thistle is made with tiny floating stitches and associated with the growing awareness of the environment and the need for preservation - the story of the work done underground, the roots and the tubers, highlighting the beauty and diversity in the undergrowth. It has a dramatic, curious quality and represents nature in a rough and vulnerable manner. The embroideries are pinned away from the wall, so it creates a beautiful moving shadows.More from Carola van DykeProjectBotanical GardenProjectBolted CabbageProjectLiberty London deer and Stag headsProjectButerfleogeProjectFrayedProjectStill LifeProjectHerbariumProjectConserved Specimen- BorageProjectBearded IrisProjectFloral Vanitas