I began developing my butterfly artwork in 1998, dedicating time and effort into creating something truly unique. As their work evolved and grew, I decided to expand their reach by exporting my pieces to Colorado, USA in 2002. However, their progress was temporarily halted in 2006 due to their involvement in a large project. Now, after years of anticipation, I am excited to announce the resumption of their butterfly artwork. With a renewed focus and a passion for their craft, I am ready to continue creating stunning pieces that capture the essence and beauty of these delicate creatures.

The only possible use of discarded butterflies so far seems to be in butterfly wing art using a technique known as collage. However, this requires a substantial number of butterflies, and it does not render a high-resolution image. I found that doing an assemblage, it is possible to increase the resolution of pictures to an extent that it becomes almost of photographic quality.
Another advantage is that it requires very little from each specimen. However, it is a very meticulous and time-consuming task. But the result is a more vividly coloured picture. The quality of the image is different from a painted one. Even branches, leaves, stones, eyes, bills, etc can be rendered from a butterfly wing.

One requisite to produce this kind of picture is to know the butterfly wing patterns and the bird plumage very well. In my case, as a zoologist, I found this is a perfect combination of Ornithology, Entomology, and Art.

My artwork poses two difficulties: one is the problem of giving the effect of depth to the image. This is obtained by cutting areas of the wing that present a gradient in colour. The other, if not the most important, is to give the actual character to the bird. I achieve this mainly by crafting the eyes using the eye patterns of some specimens of butterflies. The pieces of wings must be handled with tweezers and cut with a scalpel. Sometimes I have to use a magnifier glass and a mask to avoid blowing away the little pieces. I use very little from each butterfly, I cut a fraction of a wing and I save the rest for another picture.

Butterflies are raised and exported to butterfly parks located mainly in First World countries.
Butterfly houses purchase hundreds of pupae from butterfly farms which in turn will become adults and eventually die naturally in the enclosure. Dead specimens that are not damaged are sold, donated to schools and museums. However, those with broken wings, no commercial, scientific or educational value are discarded. Many private butterfly collectors reject imperfect specimens as a consequence of their search for perfect ones. People who are framing butterflies cannot use imperfect or damaged specimens, and they have to be discarded.