Fleeting flashback

 This image reflects a memory from childhood. I found a wee mandarin segment when I was enjoying a piece of fruit. I could not bear to eat this ‘baby’ so made a bed from a matchbox and placed the tiny segment inside. I always loved playing with my dolls, watched creatures in the garden , the smaller the better. So caring for this little mandarin segment was part of the care.

The matchbox is lined with dyed teabag paper and I have added cotton pieces to embellish and imply a bed. The large mandarin segment is stuffed with scraps of fabric to be sustainable rather than use polyfill. It is 3d with the gusset at the back edge. Might stitch some lines of ‘pith’ onto it.