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Painting the minute cells of a dragonfly wing so that it tints the light to blaze in a myriad of colors, is an endeavor of passion. Finished Stained Glass Wingdows can adorn you as delicate jewelry such as earrings, be displayed as a mobile, framed, embedded in a plastic block or even mounted in a miniature
cathedral.
The Wingdow set includes a magnifying glass, tiny brushes, translucent paints and handy tips on where and when to look for sloughed off insect wings. Experienced enthusiasts stain the wings of beetles and gnats and even the facets of bug eyes via a microscope to later use it for viewing the elusive but elegant result.
cathedral wall illustration
http://www.geocitie...nnie/wingdows.html?
[FarmerJohn, Mar 08 2005]
Possibly of interest
http://www.southern...en-us/dept_225.html
"DeBrady Glass Studios presents realistic Dragonfly Wings. The pattern in the wings are kiln fused inside clear glass that is then refired to create an iridescent finish." [half, Mar 09 2005]
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Would this explain some of the bugs in Wingdows ? |
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Do dragonflies slough their wings
(voluntarily)? But in any event, a bun. |
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And, how about building complete 1:1
scale model insects from insect parts?
Most insects should come apart to form
a sort of Airfix* - style kit of re-
assemblable parts.
*Airfix - popular range of plastic model
airplane kits. |
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The wing I used as a model was attached to the exoskeleton of a literally departed dragonfly. |
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[Basepair] So an insect Frankenstein? Where's the lightning rod? |
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'It's alive, it's alive, bwah hah hah hah hah...' |
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FarmerJohn - are you sure this wasn't
merely a dessicated ex-dragonfly? I'm
no entomologist but I'm pretty sure that
adult insects don't moult, or those that
do don't moult wings. |
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That's what I mean, desiccated or eaten out. |
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Ah. Sounds good to me then :-) |
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fascinating and beautiful. |
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Even better, why don't we just paint *live* dragonflies with nontoxic pigments and then watch them flutter around being pretty - oops I guess those are called butterflies |
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Idea...hmmmm. Neutral. <checks illustration> Yeeeaaah! Buns a-plenty! |
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Wingodow enthusiasts are a niche market...although...that illustration is quite impressive...Do you know where I can pick some up? |
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Well, it's all in my head. |
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FYI: Many beetles (some hanging around my compost pile) are already colored fantastically with nearly flourescent blues, violets, yellows, etc. Nature's doing a pretty good job already. Not sure about the idea of doing it manually. |
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