World Lupus Day 2014 - Butterfly Showcase 1

Today is 'World Lupus Day', to commemorate this event I am excited to showcase lots of beautiful butterfly designs which I have collected from friends and fellow designers. The images have arrived from all over the world and have been created by people and of all ages... from 3 to 80! There are so many that I have had to split the designs into three different batches, there will be two children's showcases and then later I will post the adults and professional designers together. The posts are very long because of the number of designs so have patience and enjoy.

Just a little word about Lupus. It is a chronic disease which can affect anyone at any age, it is hard to diagnose and the exact causes of the condition are still unknown. Lupus, considered to be a rare disease is becoming more and more common. The butterfly is universally accepted as the symbol which represents the disease. To raise awareness I have decided to organise this event every year on the 10th May for World Lupus Day, I donate a small sum to LUPUS UK for every design I receive. This year the initiative has already gained more attention and I have received many butterfly designs, who knows what next year will bring? Ideally I would like everyone to take five minutes to read a little about Lupus and then dive into my little world of butterfly designs... please enjoy. 

We start off with some fabulous butterflies drawn by 4 and 5 year olds from the Scuola Materna dell'Istituto Calasanzio dei Padri Scolopi di Empoli, Florence. 
A special thank you goes to Claudia Ghezzi.
 

Nice eh?
 

So many lovely 'smiley' butterflies.

 

Now a few individual designs which have been lovingly sent to me.

Gherardo Campori age 6

Giorgia Allemandi age 7

 

Giorgio Bergna age 6

Giorgio Frignani age 6

Francesca V. age 3 (artist unknown)

Maddalena Rossi age 6

Mario Bergna age 10

Rebecca Chiekh age 3

To conclude the first children's showcase, enjoy these butterflies drawn by 7 and 8 year olds, class 2A, from the Scuola Alessandro Manzoni, Moncalieri, Turin. 

A special thank you goes to Ski Team Jouvenceaux, a few Mums, and some very willing teachers!

 

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed the first installment of Butterflies for Lupus. Please come back later to see the second installment of fabulous butterfly designs created by children. 

See you then.