Fluffy Textile Moths And Butterflies By Yumi Okita

Published 9 years ago

These alluring textile creatures are the products of artist Yumi Okita’s beautiful imagination and skilled fingers. The North Carolina-based creator sews, embroiders, and stitches multi-colored fabrics into gorgeous moths, butterflies, and other insects. They’re quite a lot bigger than their live originals – up to nearly a foot wide. These textile sculptures look incredibly life-like, but given their enormous antennas, creepy-crawly legs and unsettling fur threads, we’re happy they’re not real.

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butterflies, butterfly, embroidery, fabric, fabric art, fabric sculptures, flies, fly, full-post, insect, insect art, insects, moth, moth sculptures, moths, textile, textile art, textile sculptures, Yumi Okita
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