[Jewelry making - Article 00252] - Re: [Orchid] Insects as Art

[jeaniepratt]

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Hi All,


    This is the first time I have posted to Orchid. I have learned so
    much from reading the postings over the years. Thanks to you all. 

    Insects certainly are a great inspiration for art, and have been
    used in jewelry design going back over the centuries. I too love An
    Inordinate Fondness for Beetles. Another favorite (but pricey) book
    for insect inspiration is Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus
    Seba. A fun book is Jeweled Bugs and Butterflies by Marilyn Nissenson
    and Susan Jonas. Ornament Magazine has done some wonderful articles
    over the years about jewelry and insects, artists who make insect
    jewelry and even how actual iridescent beetle wings have been used as
    jewelry historically. 

    My degree in entomology is long unused and much forgotten, however
    my delight and wonder of the insect world has persisted. I have a
    collection of insect jewelry that I treasure. Some artists who make
    wonderful bug jewelry include Peggy Johnson, Nancy Daniels, Marianne
    Hunter, Kiff Slemmons, and Dave and Roberta Williamson. Sandra, I
    loved seeing your jewelry on the Orchid Gallery and Cynthia Downs has
    some beautiful brooches using butterfly wings in the gallery. I
    humbly have one bug brooch in the Orchid Gallery also. I am starting
    on my "Bugs are Beautiful" series of insect jewelry. What fun! 

Jeanie Pratt


 
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