Design, Fabrication, and Text by Wesley R. Wong

Instructions for making two different types of 4" x 8" free-form fused monarch butterflies. Once the various colored sections of the wings are cut, the butterfly can be assembled by attaching the body to the wings and firing them together to produce a complete butterfly after firing. A second method fuses the body separately from the wings and is suitable for incorporating the butterfly into a mosaic project.

This article was originally published on page 50 in the Summer 2013 issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly.
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