Butterfly Hair Clip

A friend asked me to make this hair clip for her.

It is massive. Furthermore, the art work can’t seem to agree what color those wings are. So I decided, lets make it iridescent, so that it changes color when you look at it from different angles. This is the first I have used iridescent paint. Thank you to Adrian who lent me some from his collection. So I drew up a butterfly and cut it out of clear plastic on the laser cutter.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/729900621028655174/752769638403670036/20200907_182104.jpg

I painted it purple.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/729900621028655174/752769677499039765/20200907_184631.jpg

I then painted a clear sheet to plastic with iridescent paint. and taped it to the back ok the plastic.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/729900621028655174/752769623233134659/20200907_225351.jpg

It looks green from this angle but from other angles it looks blue or transparent. It is a pretty cool effect. Iridescent paint is not super expensive. and I am glad I got to try it. Thank you Adrian.

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There’s this cool technique that folks use for an iridescence like effect that involves printing on a CD/DVD substrate? (Can’t seem to find the link rn)

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