u/BogdanaProts

Burgundy velvet, gold wire, dark silk ribbon roses. Something about reclaiming a symbol usually tied to fear felt right.

Hand-embroidered, no beads (almost)— just velvet, gold thread, and silk ribbon flowers built up in layers. Wanted the bone to feel alive rather than ominous.

Velvet, gold wire, and hand-stitched silk ribbon roses — made this as part of a small witchy collection I've been building. Wanted something that felt equal parts unsettling and beautiful.

Would this fit your dark academia rotation, or is it too much?

This piece took roughly 10 hours — no beads (almost), no premade appliqués, just canitel (gold French wire) outlining and dimensional silk ribbon flowers built up petal by petal. The asymmetrical horns were the trickiest part to get right.

This one took about 10 hours. The horns were the hardest part — getting the asymmetry right so it didn't look too tidy. Every flower is silk ribbon, shaped and stitched petal by petal.

Started as a rough sketch, ended up as this — dark florals filling in where the bone would be. All silk ribbon, all hand-shaped, no shortcuts.

Symmetry would've been easier, but it wouldn't have looked right. This piece is velvet base, canitel wire outline, and layered silk ribbon flowers — around 10 hours total.

Wanted to see how far I could push ribbon embroidery into something almost sculptural. The horns alone took a few hours just to get the wire laid down cleanly.

No premade appliqués here — the gold outline is French wire (canitel), hand-shaped around every curve of the horns and skull. Roughly 10 hours from sketch to finished piece.

This one took about 10 hours. The horns were the hardest part — getting the asymmetry right so it didn't look too tidy. Every flower is silk ribbon, shaped and stitched petal by petal.

This piece took roughly 10 hours — no beads (almost), no premade appliqués, just canitel (gold French wire) outlining and dimensional silk ribbon flowers built up petal by petal. The asymmetrical horns were the trickiest part to get right.

Hand stitched on dark green velvet. Pink silk poppies, red blooms, sequins and gold beads across the body. 9.5 × 7 cm. One of my favourite pieces so far.

Hand stitched velvet frog brooch covered in silk ribbon poppies and pink blooms. Dark green body with gold sequins and seed beads scattered like morning dew. She belongs in a mushroom circle at midnight.

Velvet base, silk ribbons, seed beads, French wire and sequins. The shaping for the legs was the technical challenge here — keeping them structured while staying flexible enough to pin flat.

Finished this one after a long stretch of work. Dark green velvet body with pink silk ribbon poppies, gold beads and sequins. 9.5 cm statement piece.

Spent way too many hours on this frog brooch. Dark green velvet, silk ribbons, sequins, beads. She's done and I'm not calculating the hourly rate.

Dark green velvet base, silk ribbons in 2mm and 4mm, seed beads, sequins and French wire detailing. 9.5 × 7 cm finished size. The flower cluster on the back was the trickiest part to balance.

Hand stitched silk ribbon poppies and pink blooms on a velvet frog brooch. The floral part took the longest but she turned out exactly as imagined.

Hand embroidered velvet brooch. The concept was simple: what if a dissection specimen had silk poppies inside instead. One of a kind, 9.5 cm.

Dark green velvet, silk ribbon poppies, sequins and gold beads. 9.5 cm from head to toe. Took way longer than expected but worth it.