{"product_id":"the-insect-embroidery-cabinet-two-volume-digital-book","title":"The Insect Embroidery Cabinet — Two-Volume Digital Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"stitchesly-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Insect Embroidery Cabinet\u003c\/strong\u003e follows the small actions that make a garden feel alive: a bee carrying a cut leaf, a dragonfly leaving its empty skin, a larva moving inside a portable shelter and a beetle emerging beside a new fern shoot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis two-volume digital book pairs \u003cstrong\u003e80 reference drawings with 80 embroidery interpretations\u003c\/strong\u003e. Across 218 pages, the images and twelve essays explore how an insect's movement, its footing and its surrounding plants can become a convincing textile composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Is Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolume I: Gathering, Building \u0026amp; Water.\u003c\/strong\u003e 111-page PDF, Studies 01 to 40.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVolume II: Growth, Shelter \u0026amp; Return.\u003c\/strong\u003e 107-page PDF, Studies 41 to 80.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e160 full-page study artworks:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80 drawings (A) and 80 embroidery interpretations (B).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwelve essays\u003c\/strong\u003e, plus opening and closing reflections, natural-history source notes and numbered study indexes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearchable text, PDF bookmarks and linked contents for returning to a particular study.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Cabinet of Insect Behaviour\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I begins with gathering and building: leafcutter bees, wool carders, mason bees, potter wasps and ants carrying or working with found materials. It then moves to pond surfaces, aquatic insects, dragonfly emergence and the pebble case of a caddisfly larva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume II follows changing bodies and concealed lives, from a pale emerging ladybird to a leaf miner's winding passage. Folded grass, winter ivy, bark chambers, fireflies and a final fern opening bring shelter, encounters and seasonal return into the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrom Drawing to Thread\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach A\/B pair keeps the drawing beside its textile interpretation in the reading sequence. Study the point where a foot meets a stem, the space inside a rolled leaf or the fine divisions of a wing, then compare how colour, thread direction, density and visible cloth change those relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays address specific visual questions, including \u003cem\u003eThe Missing Crescent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhat a Nest Is Made Of\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Empty Skin Still Holds the Pose\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Small Light on Dark Linen\u003c\/em\u003e. They support close looking and personal design research rather than prescribing a fixed stitching sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo digital PDF volumes, 218 total pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 paired studies and 160 artwork plates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUS Letter portrait, 8.5 × 11 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish-language edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated and edited by Ridvan Yusein; published by Stitchesly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal PNG artwork embedded in the full-quality Shopify edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFor Makers Who Look Closely\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA reference collection for hand embroiderers, textile artists, illustrators and insect-art enthusiasts interested in composition, colour relationships, natural-history subjects and the translation from line to embroidered surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDigital Product Notice\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a digital book set. No physical book, fabric, thread or finished embroidery will be shipped.\u003c\/strong\u003e The collection is an editorial visual reference, not a step-by-step stitch guide. It does not include DMC colour charts, stitch maps, transfer-ready pattern sheets or machine embroidery files such as PES, DST or JEF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePersonal Use License\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou may view and print the PDFs for private reference. The files and artwork may not be shared, resold, redistributed, uploaded or reproduced for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eExplore the Stitchesly Library\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinue with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/botanical-embroidery-studies-two-volume-digital-book\"\u003eBotanical Embroidery Studies\u003c\/a\u003e or browse the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/digital-embroidery-books\"\u003eDigital Embroidery Books collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRequest a Custom Embroidery Adaptation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected studies may be suitable for a separately quoted machine-embroidery adaptation. Include the study number, desired size, hoop and machine format in your \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/custom-embroidery-order-form-1\"\u003ecustom embroidery request\u003c\/a\u003e. 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