Monarch butterfly on mesh

This was done some time ago but I'm am posting it here just because. I made this piece (size 3 ft. x 3 ft.) to be the center of a larger installation at the Bee Cave Elementary Butterfly Garden created by Ken Coffelt. It's a magical place, in front of the school but off to one side, with stonework beds and plants that attract butterflies. The medallion in which the Monarch is installed is about 5'x5' and is framed with tiles made by the children who were in fifth grade at that time. I made this at home and transported it to the school in my van on a piece of cardboard and pressed it down into thinset, then grouted and sealed.




©2008, Silva Hayes, Monarch Butterfly

Home stretch on the stair risers, but here's another project from the past . . .

I did this one for Bee Cave Elementary's butterfly garden. My granddaughters Rachel and Renee and I did the monarch with the blue background and the fifth graders did the outer tiles.