Hand Embroidered Owl Pair "Luck" and "Love" by Zara Merrick

Hand Embroidered Owl Pair "Luck" and "Love" by Zara Merrick

Rooted in her love for illustration, painting, design, and color, London-based Zara Merrick channels her passion through intricate embroidery pieces. Mixing pattern and textile together with needle and thread, each original artwork starts as a flat surface and is slowly built up through hours of dedicated work.

Details

Pieces sold as a pair

30" L x 1.25" W x 37.5" H

Mixed media

Floated in a custom black wooden frame behind plexiglass

Hand embroidered in the UK

Hand-embroidered and floated in black frames, this pair of owls, titled "Love" and "Luck," features fabrics with rich historical significance. The "pinkness" of the pair comes from a 1950s brocade and late 1800s silk from a dress worn to Queen Victoria’s 1887 Golden Jubilee garden party, passed down through four generations. The pale faces of the owls include fabric from a dress worn to Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation by a Canadian diplomat’s wife, with a silver rose motif. "Love" stands with a garland of Forget-me-nots, while "Luck" features a clover garland with a hidden four-leaf clover symbolizing faith, hope, love, and luck.

$16,000.00