Old Hand-braided Round Chenille Mat with Great Color antique native american I'd mount it to a

I'd mount it to a piece of cloth

and and an excellent gift for the student

Beautifully made and with tiny beaded eyes

and of just the right scale

and since cicadas are symbols of  personal renewal and transformation

Old Hand-braided Round Chenille Mat with Great Color antique native american I'd mount it to aI just couldn't resist the color on this one, which made me think how nice a grid of hand braided mats in bold and unusual colors would be hung in a grid on the wall. (I've be thinking more and more about relationships between traditional handmade textiles and modern art, painting especially, lately, and can't look at this without thinking of 1960s 70s geometric abstraction and targets, too!) Most of the fabric scraps used to make this one, including