In insect collecting, perfect, whole specimens are the gold standard. But this standard requires unsustainable harvesting practice, either capturing wild specimens in their prime, or farming specimens and harvesting them as they emerge in their adult form. Wax and Wane push back against this needlessly harmful standard, presenting separate wings not as a damaged piece missing from a hypothetical ideal specimen, but whole objects of beauty worthy of admiration all on their own.
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Created entirely by hand of renewable mulberry paper, gouache, ink, and watercolor. Mounted in customized wooden shadowbox frames with shatterproof acrylic glazing.
6 x 4”
Sold with certificate of authenticity.
In insect collecting, perfect, whole specimens are the gold standard. But this standard requires unsustainable harvesting practice, either capturing wild specimens in their prime, or farming specimens and harvesting them as they emerge in their adult form. Wax and Wane push back against this needlessly harmful standard, presenting separate wings not as a damaged piece missing from a hypothetical ideal specimen, but whole objects of beauty worthy of admiration all on their own.
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Created entirely by hand of renewable mulberry paper, gouache, ink, and watercolor. Mounted in customized wooden shadowbox frames with shatterproof acrylic glazing.
6 x 4”
Sold with certificate of authenticity.
