Butterfly Wings Mosaics

By Queuebot in Architecture, Art, Pictures, Religion on May 7, 2010 at 4:45 pm

Photo: Brendan Eagan

A lot of churches have stained glass windows, but the ones in this church in Ikitsuki, Japan, were made from the wings of over 30,000 butterflies.

Brendan Eagan explains:

The priest who helped build and run the parish had a passion for butterflies and his practices as a Lepidopterist allowed for this breathtaking art to be made.

Link – via danielmitsui

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by timcanny.

Tags: butterfly wings, church, Ikitsuki, japan, mosaics

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Alex
May 7th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
The whole post, including the Hidden Christian symbols, is fascinating. Great find, Tim Canny!
Minnesotastan
May 7th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
A very, very cool find. Thank you for posting it.
Johnny Cat
May 7th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Wow, the story of the Hidden Christians, and subsequent generation converting to Buddhism whilst preserving all the swag from that period is fascinating. This should be more well-known.
BikerRay
May 8th, 2010 at 3:21 am
With lepidopterists running around, it’s amazing there’s any butterflies left.

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