"Existentialist Bugs" Works by Artist Carole Mannette

One-of-a-kind framed curiosities featuring real seaside specimens, richly marbled papers, vintage gilt frames, and clipped French text fragments.

This collection includes four poetic assemblages: a dramatic sunburst sea star in a rectangular gilt frame, an ornate oval piece with a crustacean Scorpion specimen, and two smaller intimate collages with a seahorse and beetle. Together, they feel like tiny coastal reliquaries — part natural history object, part found-poetry artwork.

Beautiful for a gallery wall, bookshelf, powder room, or cabinet of curiosities. Perfect for lovers of coastal décor, vintage frames, French romance, and singular handmade art.