All Of Our Framed Displays Are Handcrafted From Scratch With The Highest Attention To Detail. Each One Our Handmade Wood Shadow Box Frames Are Built One At A Time, Right Here By Us, Butterfly Designs USA. This Insures the Perfect Fit For Each And Every Insect Display That We Build. This Highest Quality Can Only Be Achieved From Hand Making The Displays One At A Time From Start To Finish. Since Most Butterfly Displays Offered Today Use Imported Or Mass-Produced Frames They Simply Won’t Work. Those Mass Produced Frames Are Probably Missing The Type Of Protection That’s Necessary For A True Archival Taxidermy Art Display.
Framed Butterflies & Insect Taxidermy Art by Butterfly Designs USA.
All Of Our Hand Made Displays Have The Following Features:
- 1st and most important we only use 99% UV Blocking Museum Glass.
- Sealed Both the glass face as well as the back.
- All archival materials.
- Specimens that look like the ones in the pictures.
- Name and origin of every specimen offered.
- Protective packaging to insure safe arrival.
- Free shipping with tracking and insurance.
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What’s the best way to frame a butterfly?
The best way to frame a real butterfly is to mount it inside of a in a solid wood frame with a built in 99% UV Blocking Glass Front and a double sealed backing…
The way that we build our handmade displays is truly a lost art and not many taxidermy display makers do it anymore or at least they typically do not do it well. That’s why the museum quality glass that we use in our displays is built into our frames as they are assembled for the protection of your insects. Loose glass or glass pinned in the front of a frame will not be secure enough to form the seal necessary prevent damage to your insects. Once again, this is why we hand make our own true archival shadow box displays.
Additionally, we only use 99% UV Blocking glass inside of our frames so your butterflies and insects will never fade over time. Without using this glass your insects would fade quickly even those kept out of direct sunlight. Did you know that insects mounted into frames that don’t have 99% UV blocking glass will fade with a few months and would have to be kept in complete darkness to avoid fading. If you ever go into most museums, you may see faded insects simply because they didn’t use 99% UV blocking glass to build their displays. Always check to make sure that that the glass is 99% UV blocking in your displays.
Many displays are touted by sellers as UV blocking glass but there are many different types of UV blocking glass with strengths ranging from near zero all the way up to 99%. Anything less than 99% UV blocking glass will cause your beautiful butterflies, insects and taxidermy to fade quickly. Finally, the back of each and every frame is sealed with a kraft paper coating. This too is very important to prevent outside pest or dust from getting into your display. This is the finale and last critical detail of any professional insect display.
