Underpainted moths by Dana Draper and overmarbled by Ingrid Butler.

Underpainted moths by Dana Draper and overmarbled by Ingrid Butler.

Ingrid Butler (b. 1947) and Dana Draper (1982-2018)

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Acrylic paint and metallic pigment on black paper

Ingrid Butler and her husband Dana Draper operated Moth Marblers together in Sausalito, California, until Draper’s passing. Butler has since continued independently. Moth papers, produced since the mid-1980s, are known for their modern aesthetic, layered techniques, and use of plant and insect motifs. Butler and Draper produced both one-of-a-kind and editions of paper on commission. At their peak, they produced fifty sheets of paper and twenty lengths of marbled silk per day.

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Ingrid Butler