Butterfly Fascinator

Year: 2025

Material: ​canvas, embroidery thread, sequins, leather (antennae), padding, green fabric (reverse side), gold paint, headband

This textile headpiece emerged from a familial memory: The embroidered butterfly was stitched years ago by the artist’s mother on canvas – originally created as a decorative embroidery. In a gesture of gentle continuation, the motif was released, enhanced, subtly reworked, and transformed into a wearable object.

The resulting fascinator connects past and present, handcraft and personal story.

The butterfly – a symbol of transformation, vulnerability, and rebirth – gains an intimate dimension here: not as a quotation, but as a lived, evolving thread of feminine textile practice.

The head becomes the stage for a wordless connection between mother and daughter, between stitched image and living body, between past gesture and present form.

A fragment of memory – newly shaped, visibly worn.