Stumpwork Butterflies & Moths

This specimen box contains eighteen specimens - ten moths and eight n butterflies- from the order Lepidoptera. Jane's aim was to produce a specimen n box of `Jewels, with complete disregard for size and proportion: to selected moth and butterfly specimens for interest and colour-not the most familiar and n to use a wide assortment of materials to interpret these insects. This brief n provided Jane with the opportunity to employ a variety of techniques to work n the detached wings, from surface embroidery in lustrous silks for the Indian n Moon Moth, to hand dyed silk fabric for the purple fucshia butterfly and even n to try stitching clear plastic for the Glasswing Butterfly. n