A one-of-a-kind handmade coffin shadowbox — lush, strange and quietly alive, for those who understand that beauty and death have always kept the same company. Inside a hand-carved wooden frame in a unique sharo shape, a world has been arranged with great care: a real preserved centipede — ancient, armoured, magnificent — shares the space with a real Deilephila elpenor (elephant hawk-moth), its wings the colour of old rose and warm earth, and a white butterfly, pale as a held breath. Cream lace runs around them like a path through a garden that has gone slightly feral. Around the edges, dried marigolds in gold and amber and rust press against the deep teal-green velvet backing, the kind of green that exists only in the deepest part of a forest in July. This is a piece about the things that live alongside us that we do not look at closely enough. Look closely. _______________________________ Details: Real preserved centipede Real preserved hawk-moth — Deilephila elpenor (elephant hawk-moth) Real preserved white butterfly - Pieris rapae Cream lace Dried marigolds Teal-green velvet backing Hand-carved wooden coffin frame Glass front _______________________________ Processing: Ready to display. One of a kind — you will receive the exact piece shown. _______________________________ Shipping Carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. Original design — no copies permitted. _______________________________ Size 24 cm × 19 cm _______________________________ LORE The centipede has been here longerthan the flowers.The moth arrived at duskand decided to stay.The butterfly came last —white, unhurried,the way things arrivewhen they are not afraid.The lace was already there.The velvet remembersthe colour of the forestin the hour before dark.Memento vivere —remember to live —which is harder than it soundsand more urgentthan we usually admit.
