I was really unhappy with this one, but it was out of sight and out of mind. I pulled it out earlier this evening, thinking that I might see if removing the old, bone “wings” and replacing them with a set of luna moth wings would help. How to attach them, though? Acrylic medium was out, because it would damage the delicate powder coating of the wings. I decided to see what beeswax would do. I hoped, because it could be poured onto the surface without using a brush, that it would protect the wings. It seems to have worked pretty well.
If all goes well, there will be a frieze of cicada shells running along the bottom. Like the luna moth wings, though, I need to figure out how to attach them. They’re light-weight and fragile, so they’re difficult to manipulate.
Bonus: the house smells like beeswax, which is divine.
red paper boat 