I would NOT place anything under the glass again, except for paper
: graphics. I had a real problem preventing air bubbles from being
: trapped under the glass and I never did get it to look as good
: as it could have looked. The maple leaves also let go in spots
: creating an opaque area through which nothing could be seen
: except a dull off-white spot. I strongly suggest you embed your
: objects on top of the glass, ideally before doing any fill coats
: to minimize the bulge you will get from the objects. I am
: working on embedding metal flake right now and I know that the
: maple leaf graphic I am filling out will be a tweak higher than
: the rest of the deck, no big deal. I can always smooth off the
: edges of my work to make it appear flat but that would require
: more work than I am willing to do and add weight, use more epoxy
: ($$$) and slow progress. I think if you were to embed your
: butterflies and flowers in epoxy first, pressing them flat while
: the epoxy cures, then set them onto your deck, you will have a
: far better end product. I am about to post images of the work I
: did today, stay tuned, they should be posted in a few minutes.

: Robert N Pruden

Thanks for the feedback and photos. I think I will go to plan B and photograph the flowers and print them on rice paper or Vellum and put them on that way. It should give them more depth. As for the butterflies I guess I will have to trial them on some plywood or something and see what happens. The wings are very delicate/fragile but I like the iridescent qualities of them that would not result with a photograph. I'll let you know what happens.