Beeswax and Honeycomb...

[bunny]

I heard about this woman on cbc and wanted to see what her art looked like. Drawing with bees is what she calls it. I find it creepy but mesmerising. She deserves a lot of credit for the amount of time she has put into this.

This particular series is of what the bees did to her wedding dress.

She uses pollen and queen bee pharamone to guide the bees to where she wants them on the sculptures or pictures she places in their hives and then after that the bees go to work.

As amazed as I am by it, I still can't help but feel a litte tweaked out by it. Sometimes her work is just too alien looking.

here's the link. (http://members.shaw.ca/ahtenaga/weddingparty.html)

[bunny]

for the hockey fans...

[mollygrue]

wow, bunny- thats neat--you are right --it is alien looking--an i have a hard time wrapping my mind around the architectural apect it gives the gown.
smarter folks than i could probably elucidate on the aspect of wedding gown/fertility symbols/bees/honey/honeymoon--but i am too busy staring in fascination. good images. find more please.

[bunny]

Some dolls from the pivot series.

And here's a better shot of the wedding dress (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggavma/2007/mt128183595519246912.htm)

[FeatsofClay]

I have to ruminate some on the ethics of what she is doing....but damn that work blows my little mind.

Thanks so much for sharing!

[mollygrue]

I heard about this woman on cbc and wanted to see what her art looked like. Drawing with bees is what she calls it. I find it creepy but mesmerising. She deserves a lot of credit for the amount of time she has put into this.

This particular series is of what the bees did to her wedding dress.

She uses pollen and queen bee pharamone to guide the bees to where she wants them on the sculptures or pictures she places in their hives and then after that the bees go to work.

As amazed as I am by it, I still can't help but feel a litte tweaked out by it. Sometimes her work is just too alien looking.

here's the link. (http://members.shaw.ca/ahtenaga/weddingparty.html)
the sweaters are--eerie

[Brynja]

Clay-

The ethics?

[bunny]

I have to ruminate some on the ethics of what she is doing....but damn that work blows my little mind.


I don't see what she's doing as any less ethical than raising bees to produce honey. She doesn't force them to do it, instead she guides what they would be doing anyway. Plus she gives the bees a lot of credit for the art production. She has almost no control over what the final product will turn out like, so if the object is amazing, then she gives full credit to the bees.


She also claims that the bees are sometimes critical of what she puts in. They'll occassionally chew up a drawing that she gives them or completely ignore an object, so they have some say over what they work on.

[mollygrue]

i copied the link out and shared it with friends--EVERYBODY who saw it was both impressed--and a little spooked...i wonder why ? is it because of swarm intelligence theory stuff weve been hearing so much about? or the blending of a human handiwork with that of a living creature? --anyway--thanks agaiin for bringing it to our attention!

[bunny]

The texture of the honeycomb is somewhat alien and it looks like it is growing and absorbing regular every day objects. Also, there is an instinctual connection between seeing the formations and bees. Our instincts say RUN or you'll get stung.

[mollygrue]

perhaps that is it--the reptilian hindbrain is panicing while we are contemplating the ? mobius like? blend of natural and created artistic forms.

[Ancalagon]

for the hockey fans...

... isn't that a football helmet? And you call yourself Canadian! :P

Pretty cool and spooky find though :)