Butterfly Rainforest 2014Butterfly Rainforest-Evodia Tree w/Ulysses ButterfliesUlysses Butterfly – Wire & FiberUlysses Butterfly ChrysalisEvodia Tree DetailUlysses ButterfliesUlysses Butterfly caterpillarEvodia Tree – native to AustraliaEvodia Trunk Detail – Wire & Fiber DetailEvodia Tree Base DetailRainforest Floor – Rug Hooking
Butterfly Rainforest Part I – Evodia Tree 165cm x 150cm x 90cm) (5 1/5′ x 5′ x 3′) Colored Copper Wire, Steel Wire, Fibers, Glass Beads, Felting, Lace Thread, Embroidery Thread, Rug Hook Canvas Cairns Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Australia Tanks Arts Centre Residency 2014
Photography by Michael Marzik
Cairns Birdwing ButterflyLifecycle of the Cairns Birdwing Butterfly in a fan palm settingCaterpillar of the Cairns Birdwing ButterflyChrysalis of the Cairns Birdwing ButterflyDutchman’s Vine, the Cairns BIrdwing Butterfly’s favorite mealDutchman’s Vine
Butterfly Rainforest – Part II, Fan Palm with Cairns Birdwing Butterfly
Lurcher Butterfly in fan palm settingCalabao Vine and ChrysalisCrocheted fiber CaterpillarCalabao Vine and Lurcher ButterflyDesert Petunia and Lurcher ButterflyUlysses Butterfly in Fan Palm
Butterfly Rainforest – Part III, Fan Palm with Lurcher Butterfly and Green Spotted Triangle Butterfly lifecycles.