#mosaic dragonfly

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #MosaicMonday during #DragonflyWeek:

Dragonfly tea stand, c. 1901

Glass mosaic, diameter 7 1/4 in. Designed by Clara Driscoll (USA, 1861–1944) for Louis Comfort Tiffany (USA, 1848-1933). The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

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[wildbeautifuldamned]

Mosaic Natural

[joleneghoul]

What if a dragonfly was a temporal being? Anyways meet Macromia Mosaic! She is my newest oc and one of the "villains" in Rip's lore (and by extension his whole family) that exists only in my head. OH- and she is a gardener :-]. Gardens are kinda important in my time travel stuff lol.

Text from picture under cut In case it's hard to read

Personal Data, Name: Macromia Mosaic (she/her) Height: 6’5 Weight: 190lbs Eyes: None  Hair: Green Occupation: Paradox Hunter, gardener of time. Base of Operations: The Temporal Gardens, The timestream. Enemies: Waverider, Rip Hunter & the Time Masters.

History, Macromia was created by the timestream for the same reason a riverbank requires dragonflies— to keep things tidy and keep out pesky bugs. Her main duty is to deal with paradoxes, always being able to sense when a new one buds. She handles them quickly and efficiently, though there are always a few she lets be if deemed not dangerous.The Temporal Gardens are a collection of information bastions between timestreams They’re much like a library but in the form of mutated greenery. Macromia makes sure it does not decay. She has had her fair share of run-ins with Waverider. When Waverider’s previous partner was killed, they attempted multiple times to destroy the timestream. Macromia got in the way of this every time. They eventually came to a truce, requiring Waverider to leave their original timeline and never return. Waverider now resides around a sister timeline— Though if they ever threaten the timeline again Macromia will handle it with finality. Unfortunately, It seems testing luck runs in the family. Not every paradox is dangerous but sometimes that can change over time, especially if the paradox is a hard headed Time Master.  Macromia has a new weed in the garden, Rip Hunter.

Powers/Abilities: Paradox detection, Unassisted Time travel,Quantum Energy Physiology, Energy Projection, Mental projection, Temporal Decay, Knowledge of the timestream and the navigation of it.

[blueiscoool]

Tiffany Studios 'Dragonfly' Table Lamp

With a rare mosaic glass 'Dragonfly' base. Leaded glass, mosaic Favrile glass, patinated bronze. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm) high, 14 in. (35.6 cm) diameter of shade. Shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1585. Base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 5482 and with Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram. Circa 1905.

[meetmehalfgay]

featuring my lovely dragonfly mosaic and aspirational post it goals

[florencenesbit]

clara pierce wolcott driscoll, tiffany studios. hanging head dragonfly shade on mosaic and turtleback base. 1906.

details

[jedimasterhyladae]

Lamp with “Hanging Head Dragonfly” Shade and “Mosaic and Turtleback” Base

Date: By 1906

Artist: Design attributed to Clara Pierce Wolcott Driscoll American, 1861–1944 Made by Tiffany Studios American, 1902–1932 Corona, New York

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🐝Send in a number + Character and I'll draw them in an outfit or as a creature based on that insect🦋

Allotopus Beetle

Apollo Butterfly

Assassin Bug

Atlas Moth

Bald-Faced Hornet

Banded Darter

Banded Demoiselle

Beautiful Demoiselle

Bhutan Glory Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Bullet Ant

Bumblebee

Butterfly Dragonfly

Cabbage Butterfly

Cattlehearts Swallowtail

Common Batwing

Common Bluebottle Butterfly

Common Brimstone

Common Rose Swallowtail

Conehead Mantis

Cream-Spot Tiger Moth

Creobroter

Cuckoo Wasp

Death's-Head Hawkmoth

Devil's Flower Mantis

Differential Grasshopper

Drain Fly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eighteen-Spotted Ladybird

Elephant Hawkmoth

Elephant Mosquito

Emerald Bee

Emperor Dragonfly

European Hornet

European Mantis

Eyed Ladybug

Fire Ant

Five-Spotted Hawkmoth

Fork-Horned Stag Beetle

Fourteen-Spotted Ladybird

Ghost Mantis

Giant Leopard Moth

Giant Long-Legged Katydid

Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect

Glasswing Butterfly

Goliath Beetle

Golden-Ringed Dragonfly

Great Black Wasp

Green Grasshopper

Green June Beetle

Green Snaketail

Green Stag Beetle

Halyzia Sedecimguttata (aka orange ladybird)

Hercules Beetle

Honey Bee

Housefly

Hummingbird Clearwing

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Impatiens Hawkmoth

Jerusalem Cricket

Jewel Beetle

Lime Hawkmoth

Long-Legged Fly

Luna Moth

Monarch Butterfly

Mosaic Darner

Mud Dauber

Oleander Hawkmoth

Orchid Mantis

Painted Lady Butterfly

Paper Wasp

Peacock Butterfly

Pharaoh Ant

Picasso Bug

Pipevine Swallowtail

Poplar Hawkmoth

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing

Question Mark Butterfly

Red Admiral

Rosy Maple Moth

Ruddy Darter

Scorpion Fly

Silverfish

Small Tortoiseshell

Snakefly

Southern Hawker

Southern Flannel Moth

Spicebush Swallowtail

Spiny Leaf Insect

Sunset Moth

Tailed Jay Butterfly

Tarantula Hawk

Thorn Bug

Tiger Mosquito

Twentytwo-Spot Ladybird

Ulysses Butterfly

White-Lined Sphinx

White Witch Moth

Yellow Jacket

Zebra Swallowtail

[silverystormwing]

This year's art summary!

...I totally didn't have a favorite this year, totally.... (though honestly it wasn't the Tel sweep I expected) (despite them making up half the months)

Pieces shown:

January: Dragonfly Wings Piece for Lairai of their character Cantrelle

February: Eclipsed A personal stained glass piece with Tel and the dragon that was used to revive them.

March: Three of Swords Tarot-tyle personal piece of Tel, with their past & a more current representation of themself.

April - June: Your Father's Son Animatic An animatic featuring Tel of their past until more current times.

July: Catharsis An artfight attack.

August: Mosaic An event entry for Realm of Serpents. September: Doodle A cooldown doodle of an OC(Haze) I hadn't done in a bit.

October: Ocean Swimmer Stained glass piece of Drackana's Leo.

November: Leo Another owed piece for Drackana, not a lot of art got done that month.

December: Tel 'Nother Tel piece. I wanted to doodle their back and then it.... got out of hand. I like details, whoops.

[writing-i-cant-sleep]

I loved her and her name is not Grace

Waves of brown hair streamed off of her scalp, flowing graciously over either shoulder, a meandering river down her spine. Twin waterfall-bangs cascaded over her soft features, creating a frame for the unblemished face that I could draw from memory (if I was able to draw). A perfectly sized forehead led into furrowed eyebrows, they were full without being overgrown. 

Grace's entire being followed that lead, she was everything without ever being too much. 

Even her nose took the advice, both wide and narrow, sharp and soft, perfect and, well, that's it, a perfect nose. Her eyes, positioned the exact correct distance from the bridge of her nose, were staring into mine, they were speckled with every naturally occurring brown and green, creating a striking hazel iris. Grace’s wide pupils contained the meaning of life, if Aristotle had spent an afternoon gazing into them he would no longer have any questions. Eyelids containing millions of overlapping lashes cropped the orbs into slightly downturned almonds, granting Grace's face a profound beauty that was unique to her and her alone. Once she had told me her eyelashes were so thick because of a genetic mutation, I couldn't help but chuckle as I thought about the utopia that the world would be if all mutations came in the form of beauty. Chernobyl would be the supermodel capital of the world. Even in the off chance you were able to draw yourself away from the hypnotic eyes, the invisible force emitted by Grace’s lips would captivate you once again. Full, pillowy, and heart-shaped. Her top lip came to two round peaks, split in the middle by a dip which offered itself to the cause of further defining her facial features. Penduluming into a thin semi-oval, Grace's bottom lip curves effortlessly from start to finish. A fig colored lip tint was always within her reach. Grace's dark brown hair, lush brow, hazel eyes, and full fig-purple tinted lips were contrasted by a canvas of smooth, soft, pinkish, alabaster skin. I don’t remember exactly when I heard the phrase “alabaster skin”, but it definitely is not my own. Okay, so according to google, Shakespeare has used that phrase before, so that would make sense, the immortal bard and all… that is beside the point. A slight blush was always present on Grace's cheeks, as if she resided in a state of perpetual comfort. My dreams of perfection have only disappointed me since coming to know Grace. My life was fulfilled during our short time together. 

I was driving to Grace's home town, Nyack NY, it was only the fourth time we had spent time with one another. It was a warm early summer evening. Humidity was low, the breeze was life giving, and the sky was preparing itself for the nightly mosaic. Parking in front of Grace's house I took a moment to compose myself. I got out and walked toward the medium sized house that was pulled from a fairy tale. A short cobble-stone walkway led to the front porch. The path was surrounded by hip-height wildflowers and various native plants, lethargic summer bumble bees lolloped from flower to flower, an intrepid dragonfly cut sharp angles through the air in aerial mastery a fighter pilot would be jealous of, the sweet melody of floral smells mingled with the summer breeze as they nestled themselves into my nose. From above, watching quietly as I made my way through the erratically organic tableau, was a common starling, who with a quiet swoop, plucked a lonely moth from the air and flew away. The wooden steps leading up from the cobble were handsomely warped and fit with a weathered coat of paint. Each step gave a long sighing creak. The creaks told me tales of their years on the job, giving entrance into the families home was important work they told me in strained pitch. As my last step lifted me onto the wooden porch I felt a love for the short six stairs, it was a love fueled by recognition that these stairs, in part, made Grace into the woman she is today. I thanked the stairs in my head. It upsets me when a family decides to repaint their old kitchen chairs. Yes, I understand that the kids have moved out and started families of their own, but every scuff, chip, and mark embossed on the chairs were earned by the chairs through years of loving duty. Love shows itself on objects through worn paint. Love shows itself on people through cheek wrinkles and crow's-feet. I have never been afraid of growing old and developing wrinkled skin, though I have always feared growing old without long exposure to love and satisfaction.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #TilesOnTuesday, celebrating my first Odonata spotting of the year with these Moravian dragonflies!

1. “DRAGONFLY” #100 of 420 original Moravian tile floor mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer at the Pennsylvania Capitol, 1906

2. “Dragonfly” brocade tile at Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle, likely also early 20th c.

[artparks-sculpture]

A sculpture titled 'Dragonfly (Colourful Mosaic Garden Pond Bug sculpture)' by sculptor Guy Portelli. In a medium of Glass Mosaic/Bronze.

[wildbeautifuldamned]

etsy Craft Company

[paulprestigegems]

Sterling Silver Mosaic Natural Colorful Opal Pieces Dragonfly Pendant With Chain - Rainbow of colors. PRICE: 68.00 LINK ↓

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Insects - Thinking Hats

Red Hat

Important for the ecosystem

diverse

pests

Nuisance

interesting

Colourful

Disgust

Fear

Adorable

Valuable

Its interesting to look at their specialisations and evolution

I'm interested in the thematic relationship between insects and death

Insects in tradition and culture

In Japan, samurai were inspired by powerful bug species whose physical makeup suggested persistence and strength. This is usually in reference to the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, also known as kabutomushi.

Xochiquetzal, the goddess of love, beauty, and flowers in Aztec and Mayan cultures, is often represented through the swallowtail butterfly.

Itzpapalotl, the goddess of war and sacrifice, was often portrayed through saturniid moths.

Themes of death, mortality, and rebirth

The mortality of man and the cyclic nature of life is a recurring theme in European literature, especially eighteenth century German and Swiss literature. Animal imagery often serves as a recurring motif to portray this theme. Insects in particular are used to explore the inevitability and finality of death or the metamorphosis of the body in preparation for eternity. 

This is also very present in art. Insects in art mainly started cropping up around the 13th and 14th century and was featured heavily in the bible or christian art. The representation of insects in these early works was primarily negative, with locusts as a symbol of death, ruin, and unmitigated greed in Egyptian culture and in the bible.

However there's also more positive art of insects in christianity. The mosaic in the cupola of the San Marco church in Venice (13th century) depicts the Christian God creating man. The mosaic shows god giving life to Adam's body by placing a tiny creature (his soul) within him. This tiny creature was humanoid with butterfly wings.

The ancient greeks used the metamorphosis of butterflies to portray the relationship between the body and the soul and the fate of the soul after death. The body was represented through the caterpillar while the butterfly form represented the soul, thus painting a picture of death as a sort of rebirth.

In Netherlands in the 14th and 15th centuries Christian representations of the soul expanded to include dragonflies. E.g: an anonymous artist in approximately the 14th century depicted the Virgin Mary in a garden surrounded by strawberries, a single white butterfly, and two dragonflies.

15th Century art in Germany and the Netherlands also featured a lot of flies. The flies were often drawn on top of human subjects, with great care taken to create a 'Trompe l'œil' effect that makes them look like real flies that have landed on the painting. Flies are the primary insect decomposers of carrion, and as such, they were depicted this way to indicate that the subject has died.

Insects are also heavily featured in 17th century Dutch still lifes. There were hundreds of different species featured, however the most common ones tended to be butterflies, moths, and caterpillars. After them, beetles, flies, ants, bees, wasps, grasshoppers, crickets, and bush-crickets were featured second most heavily.

Amoung the butterflies, a few specific species were continuously illustrated: the red admiral (Vanessa atalanta), the cabbage whites (Pieris rapae), large whites (Pieris brassicae), the painted lady (Vanessa cardui), and the peacock butterfly (Aglais io).

The white butterflies often depicted purity (think back to the Virgin Mary painting). Flies, with their association with death and decay, were often a symbol for the ephemeral nature of life. Butterflies and dragonflies also continued serving as a representation for the soul.

Protestant art in the 17th century in Netherlands used insect imagery to make black and white distinctions of 'good and evil'. Life on earth (which was believed to be flawed and sinful) was represented through unsavoury insects such as locusts, beetles, and caterpillars. In contrast, the afterlife in heaven was displayed through butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, and moths. It's no mistake that these are all insects that could fly, implicating some sort of ascension of the soul.

Also in the 17th century, painter and etymologist, Maria Sibylla Merian produced several pieces depicting metamorphosis as illustrations for her book, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).

in the 19th century, insect imagery was mainly done by pre-Raphaelites and early surrealists. These artists continued with representing the soul through butterflies. Van Gough created nine pieces of art depicting insects. Speculation has been made about whether his symbolic use of insects was a reflection of his own feelings about life at the time (he committed suicide two years after making these paintings), as he often used them to represent freedom of the soul. e.g: The Exercise of the Prisoners was a self portrait depicting prisoners walking in endless circles while two white butterflies flew above the prisoners and ascended to the skies.

Insects in surrealist art continued growing tiny the 20th century. Surrealists often used insects to represent humans. e.g: Dali used ants, James Ensor used beetles and dragonflies.

In the current day, insects continue to be used to represent humans in both art and interature; drawing connections between human psychology and insect biology. One of the most famous examples of this is The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

Fengler, S. I. (2024) ‘Writing Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects: Metaphors of Mortality and Metamorphosis in Eighteenth-Century Religious Literature’, Publications of the English Goethe Society, 93(1), pp. 52–68. doi: 10.1080/09593683.2024.2308932.

Dicke, M. (2000a) ‘Insects In Western Art’, American Entomologist, Winter, pp. 228–237. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/46/4/228/2474652 (Accessed: 30 June 2024). 

Hollingsworth, C. (2001) ‘The Self as Insect’, in Poetics of the Hive: Insect Metaphor in Literature. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, pp. 187–220.