Rhapsody in blue free form glass ornament butterfly

Description

5 1/2 x 5 x 1/2″.

Heavenly flyer free form tree ornament butterfly is really very special and unique.   The butterfly is a member of the Swallowtail butterflies  scientifically known as the  Papilionidae family which includes over 550 species.  While the majority is tropical, member of this butterfly family inhibit every continent except Antartica.  The butterfly’s forked appearance when its sitting down with its wings spread out gave rise to its popular name Swallotail.  Some of th swallowtails butterflies have a defensive mechanism that inflates its prothorax  when in danger, resulting in a thorax that is above the wings, a feature that has been incorported into the free blowing of the butterfly and adds body and volume to the butterfly, not to mention that its a free form blowing feat  that few if any other blowers can match.  Our butterfly is fully covered in irridescent glitter, its’ all cruelian blue with purplish veinig on one side, and white with blue viens  on the other, with gold, orange and black designs and highlights. The end of the butterfly hind wings are pulled out gloriously and covered in creulian blue with white black and yellow highlight on one side  , white black yello and gold on one side and neon green.  The thorax abdomen and anthenas are black glitter  and golden tips on one side and black with gold zig zag design on the other.  Because it is free blown each one is slightly different and yours is actually a limited edition of 1.

The daPolonia glass Christmas ornaments are designed and made in Mia’s studio in Krakow Poland. Steeped in centuries old traditions of glass ornaments making, drawing on the love of art and history, the ornament continues an old tradition of uncompromising quality and artistry.

The ornaments are fully made by Mia, and 100% hand made in the old fashion way. Starting with hand blown shapes and balls, hand silvering, coating with the base coat, and hand painting and glittering. The glitter we use is environmentally safe and is the same glitter used in cosmetics.  All the molds are proprietary created by our own mold maker. In the introduction to the ornament section you can see a video of how one of our ornament is made from scratch. You can see  how the ornaments are made in our studio with this link : https://dapolonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/christmas-ornaments.mp4