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The original image of the zebra came from the archives of Pearson Scott Foresman, donated to the Wikimedia Foundation. I thought it would be interesting to use the fabric as part of the body, without any outer lines to the figure, though the shape's obvious from where the stripes start and stop. I used Turkish Rug stitch for the hair on the nape of the zebra's neck, and its tail is also made up of threads which hang loose. I decided to place it alongside a slightly more 3D horse, which I'd adapted from part of a design for a bed hanging by Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, from Kellie Castle. There had been an exhibition of art created by the Lorimers and when I went to see it I liked this horse.
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