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The Origins of Unicorn8
Unicorn8 began as a short story about a weaver who used her craft to shield her from her anxieties and preserve her sanity. The tactile nature of weaving helped keep her mind off her worsening mental health. I enjoyed researching the process of weaving and began researching types of dyes and how they are made.
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Scents and the Language of Flowers
In my upcoming novel, Helen has lived such a sheltered life that she hardly knows what to do with people. To make sense of the world, she uses what she knows of flowers as a tool to understand what underlying emotions might be occurring in someone else’s head. She assigns scents to various feelings and emotions and when she believes another person is feeling one of those emotions she detects the scent of a particular flower on their person. It’s a way she has of imposing order in an otherwise chaotic and often confusing existence.
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First Tapestry: Beginning the Hunt
“The Hunt of the Unicorn” is a series of tapestries dating back to the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance period, likely created in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). These tapestries are renowned for their intricate detail, vibrant colors, and enigmatic symbolism.
