Colorful caterpillars

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butterfly, caterpillar, insect, jewelry, monarch, moth, nature, nature art, nature art jewelry, polymer clay, sculpture

Doing a series is one way of practicing a concept and working out design issues. I had already done one caterpillar bracelet (see post) and thought I would try two more. The next caterpillar that inspired me was the Polyphemus moth caterpillar.

Polyphemus caterpillar large 3 © 2015 Karen A. Johnson

Polyphemus caterpillar
© 2015 Karen A. Johnson

I liked the accordion pattern with the spots and stripe down the middle of each segment. Here’s the final design.

Polyphemus bracelet
© 2016 Karen A. Johnson

The last in this particular series is a loose interpretation of the black swallowtail butterfly caterpillar. It had a very bold graphic pattern that was fairly variable in the different pictures that I looked at. Here’s a caterpillar from my garden.