JANUARY 20, 2023. GRACE EBERT

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Artist Melanie solders delicate stained glass butterflies, moths, beetles, and bees that radiate with colorful light.

From her home studio in the Netherlands, artist Melanie solders vivid stained glass renditions of monarchs, peacock butterflies, and Spanish moon moths. She first scours etymological sources for information on colors, vein placements, and antennae, then sketches a pattern for tracing and cutting the fragile material and pieces together the delicate specimens. […]

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