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I Create Skull Collages And Flowers Out Of Insects And Spiders
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I Create Skull Collages And Flowers Out Of Insects And Spiders

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I have been fascinated by insects for as long as I can remember, way back before I began working in sculpture and jewelry. Their ‘otherness’ is intriguing; the beauty of some is as undeniable, and yet they are capable of eliciting fear and disgust. Those who are charmed by colorful butterflies and amazed by dragonflies are horrified by cockroaches, hairy spider legs, and scorpions. It is this conflict which I explore with the help of my unique art.

The iridescent colors of beautiful butterflies are captured in my skull pictures, which are painstakingly created using hundreds of butterfly wings, to capture their natural colors and shades.

The plants are a mixture of insect wings, legs and abdomens, and tarantula spider legs. They’re incredibly fragile and echo the integral relationship between insect and plant, each needing the other for survival. Here that symbiosis is taken to its limit.

My process is iterative, beginning without a completed design or fixed set of bug-part components. It’s a little like a three-dimensional puzzle. I add one component and then the next until a final piece grows organically from the wings and legs, carapaces and abdomens which are arrayed before me in a piece of beautiful art.

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SeanCopper
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that's horrific. Congrats, you managed to make fascinating creatures into sickening murals.

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MaaikeClerebout
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is also the first question that popped in my mind. If these parts come from insects and spiders that were still alive... Well, then this is kinda sad...

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LukeBrunt
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think upon seeing your portfolio people in Alexander McQueen design dept. would love to have you in their team! Consider it.

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MikeyMullins
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's disgusting actually...The real beauty in these things is to see them running and flying around (alive). You must be killing them to do this.

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SeanCopper
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that's horrific. Congrats, you managed to make fascinating creatures into sickening murals.

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MaaikeClerebout
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is also the first question that popped in my mind. If these parts come from insects and spiders that were still alive... Well, then this is kinda sad...

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LukeBrunt
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think upon seeing your portfolio people in Alexander McQueen design dept. would love to have you in their team! Consider it.

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MikeyMullins
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's disgusting actually...The real beauty in these things is to see them running and flying around (alive). You must be killing them to do this.

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