Under the microscope textiles

*Natural Art - Fern leaf magnified.

Snow under microscope. Photographer unknown.

Under the Microscope began with a Google image search of the word Cell. There were soooo many images of human, animal, plant and I can't remember what else! I used my memory to create these not so real cells. I began cutting batting shapes for each cell followed by playing with fabrics that reminded me of the cell images. All the fabrics are raw edge (no fusible) and stitched by hand with # 8 perle cotton through the batting circle shape only. I had help from my husband and daughter to…

As the name suggests this piece is inspired by the view of cells under an electron microscope. The piece focuses on the repeated patterns of overlapping circles of varying scale. 2015 Embroidery thread and pins on paper Framed in white shadowbox 93 x 93cm Private collection

Intramural 2017 Visual Artist Tara Keegan Soft Sculpture Large Circle 13 feet wide Human Cytoskeleton Cell, organisms & Bacteria under the microscope Mirco gone Macro