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santayan sengupta

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Member since July 11, 2008

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  • Butterfly and Nature alphabets by Kjell Sandved

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    In response to source for Butterfly alphabet, posted by Hugh Knowles,
    in the thread Butterfly alphabet design!

    "...Kjell Sandved's personal revelation came more than 25 years ago, while he was working as a volunteer for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. "I noticed this old Cuban cigar box, with a butterfly inside. On its wing was a perfect letter 'F', literally woven into the texture. The proverbial light bulb went off in my head: If one letter appeared in nature, perhaps they all did! And I would be the first to find them..."

    <extract> http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/corp/features/kjell/bioMain.shtml</extract>

    http://www.butterflyalphabet.com/main/index.php

    Posted September 02, 2008

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