This church in Ikitsuki, Japan contains a collection of stained glass windows constructed from the wings of over 30,000 butterflies.
I’m conflicted. The designs are lovely and painstakingly crafted…but I can’t get around the idea of 30,000 butterflies dying for them!
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3 responses to “Butterfly Wing Mosaics”
They are gorgeous. I don’t know how these mosaics were made.
But I have been creating this type of art for a while, and all the material wings were from farm-raised butterflies which were naturally dead before being used (actually, recycled)
Thank you for sharing.
I’m so glad the butterflies have already died naturally before getting used in this work. What a lovely tribute to their beauty. 🙂
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