Butterfly Brooch

These are so beautiful, you cannot believe it! Copied after an original brooch found in Flanders (dated 1325-1375). And, lest you think we are the type of people who would paint brooches, just because we love bright colors (which we do!), the original has traces of red paint on it. The colors of the butterflies are based on medieval manuscript images matched with real European butterflies. The composite image in the gallery shows what we were working from.

Hollow-backed and three-dimensional molds like the one that produces this brooch are painstaking endeavors that seem to the workman to go on forever. For a behind-the-scenes glimpse about the making of this piece, visit our Facebook album!