Black Metal & Butterflies

Black Metal & Butterflies Unique art inspired by nature and made using natural, recycled and repurposed materials

Current photographic obsession - water drops on spider webs 🕸️🌧️🌿🕷️
03/04/2026

Current photographic obsession - water drops on spider webs 🕸️🌧️🌿🕷️

Don’t always have the time and/or motivation for proper projects while still having the urge to fiddle with something. T...
02/04/2026

Don’t always have the time and/or motivation for proper projects while still having the urge to fiddle with something. These sort of projects keep me amused without too much effort 😊🕸️🩷🕷️🌿

Always getting distracted by something I feel the need to photograph - this morning it was a wet spider web. Doesn’t alw...
21/03/2026

Always getting distracted by something I feel the need to photograph - this morning it was a wet spider web.
Doesn’t always land at anything particularly interesting. But these pics are pretty cool. The detail in a lot of the water drops is crackers.

First finished piece using some driftwood that was very kindly collected for me. Was originally making this one to sell ...
31/01/2026

First finished piece using some driftwood that was very kindly collected for me. Was originally making this one to sell but it ended up being a (somewhat belated) birthday gift instead. Not the best photo but I forgot to take a better one before we parted ways.

For sale - “Pushin’ up daisies” 🦴🌼🍄‍🟫🦴I spotted the ‘fingers’ a while ago in my collections of assorted bones and this b...
08/01/2026

For sale - “Pushin’ up daisies” 🦴🌼🍄‍🟫🦴

I spotted the ‘fingers’ a while ago in my collections of assorted bones and this bit of wood was a perfect spot for a hand to come creeping out.

Was originally going to just add mushrooms but the daisies work much better.

H: 11cm
W: 10 x 12cm

$175 + $10 postage - standard parcel post. Express post quote can be provided on request.

Please message if interested and feel free to share 🙂

Initial plan was to make something with this piece of driftwood but so far I just keep taking photos of it. Want to pick...
25/11/2025

Initial plan was to make something with this piece of driftwood but so far I just keep taking photos of it. Want to pick a few good ones and print them.

For sale 🤎I love using the natural patterns in slices of wood to make moth/butterfly wings. Finding two pairs of matchin...
14/11/2025

For sale 🤎

I love using the natural patterns in slices of wood to make moth/butterfly wings. Finding two pairs of matching wings with good patterns is easier said than done though. And attaching them always starts off looking straightforward and organised and quickly descends into a super glue coated hell of swearing tantrums and breaking s**t before I eventually get them attached to my satisfaction.

But when it works it works and these bits ended up making great wings.

H: 35cm
W: 17cm
D: 9cm

$180 + $15 postage (standard parcel post). Quote for express post can be provided on request.

I realised this piece and the lizard one make a great pair. The lizard one is currently for sale for $325. Will sell as a pair for for $450 + $20 postage (standard parcel post).

Please message if interested and feel free to share!

Edit: SOLD!! For sale 🐉 🪰💙 Made this dragonfly a couple of years ago but when I attached its wings one didn’t sit evenly...
31/10/2025

Edit: SOLD!!

For sale 🐉 🪰💙

Made this dragonfly a couple of years ago but when I attached its wings one didn’t sit evenly with the others. And seeing as ‘fix’ is usually code for break it 17 times and get really frustrated before (hopefully) actually fixing it, it got put in the procrastination pile 🙄

Ironically, procrastinating on something else eventually made me go right, I’m finishing that flippin’ dragonfly then. Fixed the wing, spent some quality time buggering up his paint job and now he’s finally landed on his bit of wood.

Suitable for a sheltered outdoor area.

H: 47cm
W: 14cm
D: 5cm

$180 + $15 postage (standard parcel post). Express post quote can be provided on request.

Please message if interested.

For sale - “Hello breakfast”🦎🪵🍄‍🟫I love old, weathered tree roots and this one has so much character and made a perfect ...
16/10/2025

For sale - “Hello breakfast”

🦎🪵🍄‍🟫

I love old, weathered tree roots and this one has so much character and made a perfect base for this lizard who’s just spotted a crunchy snack.

This was my first proper attempt at carving a lizard after a couple of rough practice ones. Got there in the end but it reminded me why I mostly do mushrooms, snakes or butterflies!

H: 30cm
W: 24cm
D: 18cm

$320 + $15 postage (standard parcel post) Express post quote can be provided on request.

Please message if interested.

Had a crack at one exhibition with this one but didn’t get in. If something suitable comes up I might try again but for ...
12/09/2025

Had a crack at one exhibition with this one but didn’t get in. If something suitable comes up I might try again but for now I’m posting it for sale here.

I love creepy crawlies and I’ve done a few centipedes now. Each one has been different and every time I convince myself that I’ve come up with a way better idea and this one isn’t going to be some fiddly, super glue horror show of frustration.

😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyhoo… got there in the end.

A bit pricier than some of my other pieces. Between the centipede and all the mushrooms, a LOT of hours went into this one.

$650 + $15 postage

Please message if interested.

H: 11cm
L: 24cm
D: 6cm

Edit: Sold! 😊🕷️🪾💚A bit less elaborate than most of my mushroom pieces, the piece of wood I used features strongly in thi...
11/09/2025

Edit: Sold! 😊🕷️🪾💚

A bit less elaborate than most of my mushroom pieces, the piece of wood I used features strongly in this one. An old, weathered tree root, well scrubbed to remove the loose outer covering and reveal the patterns of the wood beneath. Along with the cracks and crevices where the little things like this spider often make a home.

H: 25cm
W: 5.5cm

$110 + $10 postage - standard parcel post. Quote for express post can be provided on request.

Please message if interested.

Well that was quick - SOLD 😁🖕Bored with overly polite incense holders? Or perhaps you have a housemate who complains whe...
23/08/2025

Well that was quick - SOLD 😁🖕

Bored with overly polite incense holders? Or perhaps you have a housemate who complains when you burn incense.. 🤭

Didn’t set out to make either a hand or an incense holder but anyhoo, that’s where it landed. Made from a piece of fallen mistletoe/host tree and I pretty much let the wood have the ideas with those. This one had a middle finger, complete with fingernail so..

Incense holder or purely decorative, it works either way.

H: 15cm
W: 4.5cm

$55 + $5 postage.

Please message if interested.

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