To build this dark academia piece, cut an intricate four-to-six-inch moth silhouette from dense, matte black cardstock using a precision craft knife, carving delicate filigree patterns into the wing sections. Clean the double panes of an eight-by-ten-inch deep-set floating frame or shallow shadow box with black wooden molding. Position the black paper moth silhouette in the center of the bottom glass pane. Using tweezers, arrange dark pressed bracken ferns, autumn-toned oak leaves, and slender pressed hemlock sprigs curving gracefully around the moth, framing the insect like an arched botanical wreath. Add tiny fragments of pressed golden lichen along the bottom border to anchor the composition. Carefully place the top glass pane over the arrangement, clamp the frame edges, and mount the framed piece beside dark-stained bookshelves or antique brass desk lamps.
