Butterfly Pendants Color:Blue Morpho Blown from glass tube

Blown from glass tube

The tube is heated on a blowtorch and bent before being strung on an 18-inch sterling silver ball chain necklace

A few of these earrings have been returned from a gallery that has closed for the winter

This Sea Reliquary is the first piece in this series

A striking pin-brooch showcasing bold veins of opal winding through the stone matrix

Butterfly Pendants Color:Blue Morpho Blown from glass tubeThese elegant pendants are handmade in New Zealand from test tube glass and filled with ethically sourced butterfly wings. Very few of the wings I use are perfect, but this is part of their appeal to me. You can see that each butterfly has lived, flown, fed and reproduced by the damage to their wings. The butterflies in these earrings have been nurtured and cared for while alive, then preserved forever in my jewellery. The glass vials are about 65mm