Giant Wooden Recycled Elements and Picture Frame Molding Butterfly Art, Green Art, Repurposed and Upcycled

Hi friends, I've moved to my new website Lucydesignsart.com where

I'm focusing exclusively on mosaic art. This blog is an archive of my past projects.

I created this giant butterfly using picture frame molding and other recycled elements.

I started with lots of picture frame molding pieces and a beautiful carved post.

I had acquired quite a bit of this molding and have used it to make 

Giant Molding Letters, a swanky "EAT" sign

and have used it on furniture makeovers .

I cut wing shapes out of wood and started applying the molding using wood glue and screws

I used spray paint in rust, brown and black for the base coat. Spray paint was

easier to get into all the nooks and crannies.

After the spray paint dried, I used various acrylic metallic paints to dry brush over 

the butterfly to bring out all the different textures.

I incorporated lots of recycled bits including keys, washers, nuts, and random 

metal fasteners.

Gate hinges, keys, washers and unknown metal doo-dads...

I used a wrought iron metal scroll for the antenna...

Two vintage metal casters became the eyes.

More keys....

I love the body on him.

I added a finial at the bottom to finish it off

I added copper plumbing strap around the edges.

I love using both the copper and regular metal strapping for 

different projects.

I've used it on the front of a retail counter of a bakery we used to own

as well as another Huge vintage look butterfly and on the 

wings of my table leg dragonflies. It's a lot of fun to work with.

I hung him on my fence just to photograph but it is not intended for

outdoor use.

It's big!...about 4 feet across and it weighs about 30 pounds.

Thanks so much for checking out my recycled butterfly

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