Katydid

Subject:
Katydid
Origin:
St Tropez, France
Colorway:
Emerald/Silver

The story behind the pattern

We traveled to the South of France for a wedding, laughter, and champagne, but I also always have my eye out for the local wildlife. It was quiet when I saw it—resting on an old wall, impossibly green, poised as though waiting for me. The katydid did not scuttle or hide. It posed, shimmering in the sunlight like a living emerald. A small hello from nature. Now, in pattern, its body and limbs unfold into crystalline repetition—emerald facets interlocked with silvery light. The Katydid design is both order and surprise, a memory of that single insect and happy celebration, multiplied into an endless promenade of green.

The transformation — each step in the making.

Each angle reveals what the pattern holds within.

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