#chanur

My biggest embroidery project so far, I think. Based on the character Pyanfar Chanur from CJ Cherryh’s great series that I just read, and have been completely obsessed with.

I wanted to practice fur texture and start working on making metals and shading, so who better than a Hani with her earrings? Pretty pleased with how it turned out, I think I stretched the fabric a bit much and as such the background is pretty warped. I made the stars in an approximation of the shape of compact space, with Pyanfar’s big ol’ pearl earring in the place of Anuurn. Felt right.

Took about two weeks of on-off sewing after work.

At first sight, C.J. Cherryh’s Chanur series might look like ‘lion-cats in space with a stray human’. And, well, it is that.

But is also about breaking linguistic and cognitive barriers, overcoming otherness and gender biases, and setting aside selfish interests to unite a galaxy.

got a new drawing tablet yday so expect to see me start posting a ton of sketches haha. this is pyanfar chanur from cj cherryh's the pride of chanur series. idk if there is a fandom but i hope there is.

i finished the first 2 books and am started on the 3rd!! it's sort of first-contact between one human (not the pov char either which is sick) and a group of hani, catwomen spacers, but also LOTS of political intrigue between various alien species as well as merely global rivals between diff groups of hani.