Pictures of Herbert Hubert Duprat’s Caddis fly jewellry have been making the rounds of the blogs again recently. Enthusiasm was onto this, ooh, years and years ago, but just this afternoon, whilst flicking idly through another volume of The Wonderland of Knowledge (see previous) I found pictures of Caddis fly casings as they are more usually to be found, without the benefit of M. Duprat’s gold flakes and Precious Things.
Well, In the US Wildscape is the company that not only raises caddisfly larva in simulated streams but releases them back into the wild. While the caddisfly are with us we give them a huge selections of presious gems from around the world. Then, after the adults emerge, I create unique one of a kind pieces of jewelry. My jewelry is wearable art!! The most unique jewelry in the world, created by the caddisfly larva.
M. Duprat contacted me a few months ago about the encyclopedia entry for the Caddis fly larvae, and he was nice enough not to point out that I’d misspelled his name the second time around, having got it right the first time. I’ve only just noticed now. Apologies.