Uniquely Needleart

So here is the latest on Ladybug Lake. The branch itself finally has the blue border around the whole thing and I think makes the design look more cohesive. I've been doing the filament sparkle on the left side of the work as I went but I think I will just plow ahead with finishing the water completely and then go back to adding the filament to it later. Actually, that part seems to go pretty fast. Next will be backstitching the stems to the leaves and then finally, getting the beads on it. I am adding these really sweet white flower beads to the design and have to figure out what color I will use for the center bead. I may use a crystal, again the decision making dilemma seems to be rearing its ugly head. I should check my biorhythm chart's mental status to see how much longer this uncertainty phase will last.

I was thinking while I was stitching on my piece how difficult it would be to replicate this piece exactly if someone tried. I mean, just perfectly matching the way the fabric marker worked with the linen floss in coloring it would be very hard if not downright impossible. I even noticed how the stitched rows also had very slight variations in how the stitches laid and thus produced subtle color differences. Even the way the blended filament fibers laid on top of one another varied from stitch to stitch. So while photographs can easily enough be duplicated as prints, and even clever forgers can duplicate paintings by the masters, reproducing a piece of original needlework art would require a herculean effort that I'm not sure would result in a perfect match. Taking a photo of the work would not reproduce a proper image of the work at all as it could not display the actual textures and reflection of light on the fibers. So a perfect replica, I believe, is not possible of a piece of needlework and thus makes them very unique, and I think that makes them even more valuable and less plentiful than other forms of art.  There could be the possible exception of sculpture to this, as again, capturing the nuances of light and texture is difficult with them as well. However, cloth is not as heavy, does not break when dropped, and is easy to store. How great is that!