When my daughter found one laying dead on my lawn, perfectly preserved, she made sure she showed it to me.
I went out and bought a shadowbox frame and mounted it over a piece of my handwoven cloth. This was a scrap leftover when I made the huck-lace valance for my Loom Room.
As it dried the dragonfly lost a lot of it's original iridescent blue colour, but I still think it is lovely.
2 comments:
Every time I check your blog I chuckle to myself that nobody has left a comment about your dragonfly. Is everybody just weirded out that you have a framed bug? (I think it's neat)
Some people are afraid of dragonflies, thinking (incorrectly!) that they bite. I suppose to them it would be like having a spider framed....just creepy. There is also an old wives tale that says if you lie a dragonfly (nicknamed a "darner") will come and sew your lips together while you sleep. So I guess they might be quite frightening to liars too.
To me though, dragonflies are beautiful and fascinating.
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