Octopus in Aqua with Flowers Swan is made from Edo Kosome

is made from Edo Kosome Japanese paper

5 inches tall

Materials: Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton

the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2013

This hand-stitched paper dress is based a cotton day dress from the late 1910s

Octopus in Aqua with Flowers Swan is made from Edo KosomeSometimes you need to go back to 1560 to find the right octopus; the original illustration for this Polupus is from Conrad Gessners Icones animalium quadrupedum uiuiparorum et ouiparorum. The octopus is 6 inches across, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, hand trimmed sequins, and cotton