Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Skulls they are embellished with glass

they are embellished with glass beads and a sequin

stitched by hand on 8x10 inch watercolour paper

was afterwards created a great master of the order

Materials: Nepalese lokta & Thai kozo papers

the Chicago History Museum has a version in black silk velvet and satin

Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Skulls they are embellished with glassThis ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on land and in