Monstrous Seahorse in Pink, White, and Silver hippocampus with shimmering pearly paper forming

with shimmering pearly paper forming the lace shirtwaist

acrylic rhinestones

This darling little pinup dress is made from Nepalese lokta paper in a dark blue lotus pattern on bright blue

Japanese chiyogami paper in silver filigree on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny silver and black glass beads

Monstrous Seahorse in Pink, White, and Silver hippocampus with shimmering pearly paper formingYou are probably looking at this creature and thinking, Judith, thats clearly a Hippocampus, and you would be correct! But the book I found it in called it Equus marinus monstrosus, which translates as Monstrous seahorse. And who can resist a name like that? The book is the delightfully named Monstrorum historia, or History of Monsters, by Ulisse Aldrovandi; it dates from 1642. My monstrous seahorse is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch