Recycled Art Bugs with Architectural Elements Mixed Media art

Update as of Spring 2016, I'm no longer making the dragonflies, bugs

or butterflies. I sincerely appreciate all the past orders, thank you!

Please visit my new online shop featuring my coastal and 

nature themed mosaics. 

I was on a kick making my Architectural Angels using carved wooden shapes, corbels and

recycled materials and decided to make Architectural Bugs too.

For this one I used rusty iron brackets for the wings...

a broken iron piece for the antenna...

An aged brass house number on the painted and distressed table leg body,

and an old rusty key at the tail.

This is a fun black and white bug with painted striped wings

made from carved wooden pieces I had

The top of his body is a wooden lamp base cut in half, and the bottom

is a table leg. I joined them using a dowel screw and wood glue.

For the eyes, I used clear spiked caster cups that are used for furniture feet on carpet.

Another aged brass house number on the body...

As if it wasn't funky enough already, I added a pipe fitting at the tail.

I made two mini ones, the bodies are part of a wooden 

candlestick cut in half..

And then... it is disheartening to see companies copying my art.

I came across a listing on Zulily and Wayfair that contained 

almost exact replicas of my creations...sad.

Mine is on the right in above photo.

The set being sold on the left and my original art on the right.

The other large art bug I had posted about previously 

looks like it was copied down to the wing shape and the 

metal strapping I used on the body...sigh.

A vintage ceramic door knob is the head and pieces of tin ceiling

tile are the wings...

He has a rusty iron finial at the tail.

The other one also has a vintage door knob head...

an aged brass cabinet knob at the tail...

and wings made from the rungs of a ladder back chair

Here's a back view, I screw 

and glue all the pieces securely to the back.

This is a fun one with a wooden lamp base body that's

been cut in half, and a piece of iron scroll work for the wings

The eyes are from a drawer pull..

with a rusty hinge at the tail.

This last one is very large, his body is also from a 

wooden lamp base that's been cut in half...

I added this second wooden piece at the bottom

aged metal knob eyes...

and oversized wings made from a vintage wooden corbel.

That's all the bugs for now, they are perfect for a porch, patio, fence or inside...

thanks for checking them out!

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