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Artsee1 — Butterfly Necklace 10.2009
Published: 2010-03-29 07:07:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1352; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 31
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This is a 18" necklace that was completely built by hand. I cut, shaped and polished the glass cabs that protect the butterfly wings. I also cut, filed, and sanded each "dish" to hold the wing from silver. Finally, I soldered each jump ring to securely hold all the links together.No butterflies were harmed in the making. Wings were bought from a butterfly farm and they lived a natural life.
This was my practice pendant before investing hours of work in this final product. Here is my DA i.d. of me wearing the necklace
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I've featured this piece in my journal here: [link] !! Keep up the great work!!
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This is an absolutely beautiful idea! I love it.
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I love wearing this piece. Fits very well-
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It's gorgeous. And I love the length. I have too many really long necklaces.
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incredible piece! beatufiul selection in wing choices
this is really something special.
and i am quite happy you purchased from a butter. farm
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Thank you 
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not to be rude but, they look like they are a part of a shimmerwing collection.
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I'll look that up. It's not rude to critique... thank you-
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i think the idea is very fun! bring a new breath to an old technique (for me anyway cos i haven't seen anyone did this before 
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Ha, ha... my glasses are "baby phat".
Thanks! It was a challenge... so many different materials involved. Glad to be done and looking forward to trying something similar again so I can build my technique/quality.
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omg Carol... I don't even know where to start with this!!
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I don't even know how to describe this, it's so... mysteriously pretty?
Lovely work!
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What a lovely idea. Soldering the links afterwards without damaging the wings and glass must have been tricky. Great stuff!
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It was a lot trickier than I orginaly thought, but I learned a lot from it. Thanks
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It's so beautiful, but the wings kinda creep me out even though I know they weren't hurt. It's like those old scarab pins, I adore them but can't bring myself to touch them!
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I think the "creep" factor is part of what intrigues me... but honestly, I had to wear glove when handling the wings.
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Since they're teeny tiny scales that could rub off that is probably wise anyway
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Beautiful way to incorporate these natural materials!
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I like that they're distinctive and go with any top
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so nice!
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