Lene Hogg
Butterflies 20X20, mini textiles in linen with wool padding

Inspired by the changing colours of butterflies. I have used cordweaving to weave in relief.

Troides magellanus

Butterfly Butterfly Butterfly
from the left, front view, from the right

Troides magellanus has yellow hind wings when viewed from above, but viewed at an angle from behind it has iridescent blue and green colours.

Precis octavio

butterfly butterfly
front view, from the right

Precis octavio has orange/pink wings in the rainy season. In the dry season it has blue colours with orange spots along the wing edge

Heodes alciphron

Butterfly Butterfly Butterfly
from the left, front view, from the right

The over side of the wings of the male Heodes alciphron has light violet to bluish with grey or orange colours, the under side is greyish with orange

Lycanea hippothea

Butterfly Butterfly
from the left, from the right

The male is bright redorange with violet along the edges, the undersid is yelloworange and beige with white/black spots


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