Hesse-Honegger’s fascination and respect for the entomological world inspired her to document in extraordinary depth the multifarious forms and colors of insects and their natural surroundings. This beautiful little gift book of nature-inspired patterns by Hesse-Honegger (Heteroptera, Scalo 2001) reflects an extension of the artist’s fascination with insects to one of the most wondrous products of that world: silk. The Swiss fashion houses Akris and fabric frontline applied her measured and meticulous drawings to their printed fabrics creating a new luxurious and tactile medium for Hesse-Honegger’s delicately executed paintings.