Swallowtail Butterfly Specimen Study

Eleven things in one block — egg, larva, pupa; queen, worker, drone; comb in two forms, a queen cell, beeswax and honey. Real specimens set by hand, like an old teaching cabinet. 5.5 in wide, the largest of the studies.

A real chafer beetle in hand-polished resin, wing cases still green and shifting in the light. 73 x 41 x 20 mm — the smallest of the insect studies.

A screw-tightened wooden press for flowers and leaves, 8.5 in across, with Moulin Roty's botanical illustrations on the lid. Pressing takes weeks, not an afternoon.

5x magnification in FSC-certified beech, 20 x 8 cm and sized for small hands. Plastic-free, wipe clean. Ages 3+.

Seven A5 sheets of cyanotype paper. Lay a leaf or a feather on one, leave it in the sun, rinse it, and the image develops. Seven sheets is seven prints — no refills in the box. Ages 3+.

A real dandelion seed head caught whole in a resin sphere, seeds held mid-drift. 2.75 in across and heavier than it looks — it's a paperweight, not an ornament.

Real hydrangea florets in a hand-polished resin sphere, 2.75 in across. The blue holds — it doesn't brown the way dried flowers do.