Sunday, October 3, 2010
Realistic Stoneware Butterflies.
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| Citrus Butterfly & Emerald Swallowtail |
Who doesn't love butterflies? I was looking for something new to complement all of my stoneware leaves and came up with the idea of making identifiable stoneware butterflies and moths. So far I have 16 species, the big moths being especially cool.
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| Golieth & Cecropia Moths |
I only make strong, functional, high fired tile so I chose stoneware clays and glazes to make my butterflies. Stoneware is not typically used for this type of detailed work but the butterfly tile had to dovetail naturally into a leaf mosaic. Each piece was carefully hand painted and then fired to extremely high stoneware temperatures.
All of the individual butterflies and moths can be viewed on my website:
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| Luna Moth, Cairns Birdwing & Green Swallowtail |
The first three photographs show butterflies and leaves that are glazed within the same color family. I used neutral leaves to surround the blue butterflies in the last picture.
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| Emerald Swallowtail, Blue Morpho, Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly, Blue Mountain Ulysses & Indian Leaf Butterfly |
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