PETAL BUTTERFLY

The petal of Iris with butterfly were carved from mammoth tusk, its size is 5.6 cm, the butterfly was stained with walnut dye, silver nitrate and burning needle. Two dew-drops were carved from two different acryl glass. The beetle was carved from mammoth and dark-brow shell, mammoth was covered silver nitrate. The signature was carved on the reverse side, covered gold leaf 23K and over it was inlaid the dew-drop. January 2007. USA, private collection