Glass wall adornment, 'Titicaca Butterfly'

by NOVICA

Product Features

• Handmade by Leonor Ponce Velasco
• Ships from Peru within 10 days

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 8 x 6 inches ; 4.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces
• ASIN: B00014W2SS

Product Description

NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Beauty made of crystals, a song made of blue and a poem dressed in white. Working with patience and love, Leonor Ponce captures the ephemeral splendor of butterflies, translating it into a fine accent for any home interior. To create her wonderful objects, the artisan first makes a sketch on paper, producing a template for cutting the pieces of glass with accuracy. Later, after each tiny element has been beveled, they are carefully held together with copper foil and solder, thus making each object a unique statement of the love and passion of the artisan for delicate forms and colors. Artisan Info: Leonor Ponce Velasco (Lima, 1945) is a woman dedicated to handicrafts made of stained glass. Her creativity has given life to a rainbow made of polychrome butterflies. "I've been working with stained glass for about 18 years and, despite the specialty courses I've attended, I'm a self-taught artist, continually learning in the school of my workshop. My art is motivated by the love I have for beauty expressed in delicate forms and colors, and through my creations I find spiritual peace and balance. "For my work I use 3 mm glass pieces, copper foil and solder, and the usual tools of an artisan: emery, wire cutters and pincers. My work starts with a sketch of the design on paper, making