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Two separate people asked me to make them some earrings from real green beetle wings this Christmas...
I was happy to, although I hadn't made any for a few years.
This is what I wrote on my shop listing, in case anyone thought I killed them to get the wings!
"Amazing iridescent green beetle wings!
You might be concerned about my using the wings of beetles in my jewellery.
These beautiful green beetle wings come from Thailand, where it's the custom to eat insects like these.
These beautiful wings are a by-product of the food industry there, and would normally be dumped as trash...
I think they are a stunning example of the colours and beauty of God's creatures,
and it would be a shame not to preserve some of them!"
The wing cases are fragile-looking, and very light, but amazingly strong and flexible. I have only broken one so far while drilling holes in at least 50.
The colour-play is stunning. (Two first pictures...)
The weather has just been wet and windy and dull here for the last few weeks, so I have had a bit more spare time to make things...
Here are some beaded memory wire bracelets, with antique bronze, antique copper and silver plated tube beads.
I was happy to, although I hadn't made any for a few years.
This is what I wrote on my shop listing, in case anyone thought I killed them to get the wings!
"Amazing iridescent green beetle wings!
You might be concerned about my using the wings of beetles in my jewellery.
These beautiful green beetle wings come from Thailand, where it's the custom to eat insects like these.
These beautiful wings are a by-product of the food industry there, and would normally be dumped as trash...
I think they are a stunning example of the colours and beauty of God's creatures,
and it would be a shame not to preserve some of them!"
The wing cases are fragile-looking, and very light, but amazingly strong and flexible. I have only broken one so far while drilling holes in at least 50.
The colour-play is stunning. (Two first pictures...)
The weather has just been wet and windy and dull here for the last few weeks, so I have had a bit more spare time to make things...
Here are some beaded memory wire bracelets, with antique bronze, antique copper and silver plated tube beads.