Libby Daniele

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🪲 Stained glass artist 🐝 Critter / moss enthusiast Botanicbeetle.com

Rectangular stained glass panel with a white-lined sphinx moth which is a deep rich brown and features tan and white stripe-like markings. The moth sits on the stem of a large orange poppy and is surrounded by a white, yellow, and closed poppy bud. The background of the panel is a textured light blue glass. It’s being held in front of a neutral stucco wall with foxtail aloe plants below.
A stained glass panel of a persimmon hanging from a leafy branch. The panel has a clear textured background and a checkered green, white, and marigold yellow frame. It’s being held up by the artist’s hand in front of a warm white stucco wall, with foxtail agave along the bottom.
A small stained glass snail with a wispy yellow body, a wispy light yellow shell with a painted bunch of bananas, and black patina. It is being held in front of a neutral background with a plant leaf in the lower left corner.
Rectangular stained glass panel sitting on a white background in mottled sunlight - a latte in a white coffee cup sitting on a wispy dark green table with a textured light amber background. The piece is framed in checkered warm white, persimmon orange, and marigold yellow glass.
A small stained glass moth is being held up in front of a neutral colored wall and a plant. The moth’s markings are painted to resemble a magpie moth : white wings with spotted black wavy stripes and rich marigold-yellow wing bands.
Rectangular stained glass panel. Tutter (a light blue mouse muppet) dressed in an orange pumpkin costume with a light green and warm yellow background.
A small stained glass snail made with two types of green glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it.
Group photo of stained glass hearts with hot dogs in the center. Hearts are pastel blue, green, purple, and iridescent clear. Hot dogs are painted with different combinations of ketchup and mustard.
A stained glass panel depicting three orange California poppies (one closed, one partially open, and one fully open). The panel is an oval shape and has a textured blue glass background, with vibrant orange glass used for the poppies. The panel is finished with black patina, and wire details for the center of the open poppy. It is being held by the artist’s hand, with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.
Three stained glass snails stand in a line outdoors on a concrete path with plants behind them. From left to right: a light pink snail with white iridescent shell, a deep yellow snail with a brown streaky shell, and an off-white mottled snail with a red streaky shell. Each snail is finished with black patina, wire antennae and shell swirl, and a painted eyeball (which despite not technically being very accurate, is very cute.)
A set of 3 stained glass pieces sitting on a white notebook page with a pothos plant nearby. Each piece is made up of one yellow, one amber, and one dark amber hexagon made from textured glass. The pieces are finished with black patina and a black chain hanger.
A stained glass panel in the shape of a pug’s head. The stained glass is black, dark brown, and fawn/tan colored to represent a classic pug color scheme. The pug also has painted eye details, and a light pink tongue. The pug looks happy and has many solder lines giving the illusion of wrinkles. The piece is finished with black patina and a black hanging chain. It’s held up in front of a pale green wall, with a spider plant behind it, and is front-lit with natural light making the subtle bumpy texture of the black glass visible.
Three oval stained glass beetle panels sitting on a window sill, backlit by natural light. Each panel has an amber frame and has different colors / textures of glass. Left to right: black iridescent beetle with white wispy background and red gem, dark green iridescent beetle with clear textured background and dark blue gem, light green beetle with light blue textured background and purple gem.
A tray filled with stained glass work-in-progress: a light green beetle panel with blue background and amber frame, several black eyed Susan flowers (two orange, two yellow, two white, one pink) with black centers and dark green leaves. Glass has been cut and ground, and rests on a paper towel lined tray which is being held next to a window with several plants in the background.
Stained glass panel: pill shaped frame with a toucan’s profile depicted in monochromatic blue shades. The piece hangs by its chain in a window with a vining floral plant in the background.
A stained glass moth (about 3 inches wide) with light yellow wings, a white center, and black patina. It has painted black eyes and a yellow / white lemon slice pattern painted on the wings, with wire antennae. It has a fishing line hanger and is being held next to a window (slightly backlit) with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.
A small trapezoidal stained glass panel (skinny side up) depicting a dark colored spider hanging from a web, its front legs grasping onto a purple and green forget-me-not bud with two bright blue, white, and yellow forget-me-not flowers filling in the bottom of the shape. The background is textured iridescent clear glass, and it’s finished with black patina. It’s held in front of a neutral wall with a pothos plant below it.
A square-shaped stained glass panel with bright silver solder lines and rounded corners. There is a light pink wispy background with deeper pink four-sided stars. A light champagne colored sheep leaps through white clouds in the foreground. The sheep has wire curls to represent its wool, a big cute eye, and a rosy cheek. The panel is held up by the artist’s hand in front of a light green wall, with a spider plant hanging in the background.
Four photos are tiled together into one image. Each photo shows one piece of art glass leaning on a windowsill with a white and botanical-print curtain next to it. The glass is backlit by natural light. From top left to bottom right: textured translucent natural light green, translucent textured navy blue, translucent textured teal blue, and semi-translucent wispy white glass.
Strawberry stained glass moth with wire antennas; light pink glass wings with red strawberries with green leaves painted on them, and a white glass center with black eyes. The moth has a clear fishing line hanger, there’s a neutral wall and a pothos plant in the background.
Libby (the artist) stands at her outdoor market booth in a yellow t-shirt on a sunny day. She is behind a set of 3 tables arranged in horseshoe shape. Each table is covered with a white table cloth with yellow stripes. There is a large green pop up canopy, and a green and gold sign in front of the table that says “Botanic Beetle.” Various pieces of stained glass are displayed on each table.
Two unfinished rubber duck stained glass pieces sit on top of a rack of stained glass sheets in an array of colors. The first piece is an opaque yellow duck with an orange beak, surrounded on the bottom with streaky white and blue bubbles. The second piece is an opaque medium-purple duck with a deep yellow beak, surrounded on the bottom with streaky white and light purple bubbles. The pieces are at the copper foil step, meaning there is copper foil tape wrapped and burnished around each section of glass but they have not yet been soldered together. They’re temporarily held in place with tan masking tape, which peeks out behind each piece.
Stained glass panel depicting a hot dog with bun and mustard, diagonally displayed over a heart shaped background. The background is divided into red and white squares like checkered a picnic table cloth. Alternating squares are painted with streaky red or white paint and floral designs to mimic the intersections of each color in the fabric. The piece is held up by the artist’s hand, there is a pothos plant and a neutral wall in the background.
A stained glass panel with an iridescent white background depicting two tan snails with brown shells, each sitting on top of a red mushroom with white vertical line design on the cap and white base. The snails each drink from their own pink striped straws leading to a pink milkshake in the center with a cherry and whipped cream on top. The ground of the scene is made of light green mottled glass, there is a set of 3 ants painted on the ground holding up the milkshake. The piece is behind held up by the artist’s hand, with greenery in the background and natural light.
Two stained glass pieces: a sunny side up egg (white streaky glass with deep yellow center) and a green zebra tomato (streaky light green with dark green leaves) hang in a kitchen window, backlit by natural light. There is a flowering black eyed Susan vine covering the fence outside of the window filling the background, it has white flowers with black centers and medium green leaves. There are a few small plants and succulents on the windowsill below the stained glass pieces.
Stained glass pieces displayed in stacks of two each, shown from a low diagonal angle. Arranged (from top to bottom): pink and white cake with a red cherry, red heirloom tomatoes, sunny side up eggs, apple pies with painted apple designs on the white pie dish, bok choy, croissants, and persimmons. The picture is lit naturally from a large window to the top left, the pieces sit on a woven yellow placemat with a Christmas cactus in a terracotta pot in the background.
Several sheets of stained glass backlit by the sun including textured iridescent glass, various yellow hues, bright pink, greens, and warm whites. The glass is stood up vertically in a rack (below the frame of the photo) with a sunny window, plants, and artwork on the wall behind it.
Small stained glass heart made with glass of swirly varied pink hues against a light gray wall with plants below. A heart shaped rainbow maker crystal hangs from the bottom of the stained glass on a small black chain link.
Heart shaped stained glass panel with large moth in the center. The panel has a streaky maroon and clear background, pink and white moth with painted hearts on the wings, and a border with alternating pink and white sections.
Rubber duck stained glass panel in a pointed arch shape. This panel features a bright yellow duck in a deep yellow bathtub, with medium yellow background tiles. There are white and light blue bubbles surrounding the duck and spilling from the tub.