Monarch Butterfly | Stained Glass | Suncatcher
She rests wide-winged on crimson blossom, black-veined orange catching the light like something lit from within. Each year in Mexico, monarchs complete an almost impossible migration, arriving in their highland forests within days of the Day of the Dead. The Purépecha and Mazahua peoples who live there have long believed the butterflies carry something with them — the souls of ancestors, drifting home to visit the living a while longer.
Here in Aotearoa, monarchs tell a different but no less remarkable story. They're self-introduced — not native, but arrivals who flew or were blown across the Pacific from North America sometime in the 1800s, and simply stayed. What's kept them here since is swan plants: generations of New Zealand gardeners growing them on purpose, just to give these small self-made settlers somewhere to lay their eggs. Every monarch drifting through a Kiwi backyard is, in a quiet way, a guest someone chose to keep inviting back.
This piece holds her mid-landing, wings thrown open across a burst of crimson blossom — caught, for a moment, exactly where she meant to be.
Specifications
- Material: Glass with metal frame and chain
- Dimensions: 11.7 x 11.7 x 0.4cm (H x W x D)
- Includes: Hook sticker, for window use only
All measurements are approximate.
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