stem · linen · provincial
two are finished. the third is begun and then put down: a back, a wing, no eye. she was nineteen when she started this. the panel waits with the patience the panel has.
the birds are not a particular species; they are the birds embroidery has always made. consider also the curtain bat, the bestiary, the pomegranate on its own branch.
field-note: the eyes are french knots, smaller than a poppy seed. they catch the candle, even in this light.