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Steampunk Butterfly Pin

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I found the wings for this pin in our neighborhood; the moth they came from had been gone long enough that there wasn't much left except for the wings themselves. And they're BIG, two inches across from wingtip to wingtip. I know there are a lot of beautiful examples out there of moth and butterfly wings dipped in lacquer or clear resin, but I went with the quickie route and just gave them a paper backing and a clear coat with Mod Podge.

The watch face was from an old pocket watch, and already pretty chipped to heck when I got it (you can see the enamel breaking off at the point where I hung the chess-bead). I'd love to make more of these, but not so much that I'm willing to go out and kill more moths or butterflies for them, so this particular design will probably crop up fairly rarely. 
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600x538px 589.39 KB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
E-M10
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/3.6
Focal Length
16 mm
ISO Speed
1000
Date Taken
Jan 15, 2016, 6:45:58 PM
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