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Post number 21450

Morphic — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:46:49 -0800

Who would guess that art and insects and spiders can go hand in hand? We have art made using insect larvae, mygalomorph patterns, fractal insects, cool insects for sale, virtual insect art, and insect and spider stamps. What's you favorite insect art?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:55:48 -0800

insect madness.

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:17:22 -0800

Catherine Chalmers photographs should really be seen series, but I don't know of any sets online. nice links

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:18:57 -0800

oops, that's 'in series'

By: Fabulon7

Fabulon7 — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:35:38 -0800

I'm a sucker for fractal art (and I don't even understand math!)--in addition to the insects, the rest of that fractal art contest site has some great stuff. The interactive spider geometry was cool too. I once saw art by a guy who smashed juicy bugs with a hammer making mosaics of their guts on cotton. That was pretty cool. (And, at the same time, really pretentious.)

By: taz

taz — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:41:00 -0800

I love scarabs...

By: Emanuel

Emanuel — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:35:31 -0800

Insects magnified with an electron microscope and the documentary Microcosmos, which includes some very erotic slug sex.

By: soplerfo

soplerfo — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:18:55 -0800

david lynch has done work with ants

By: gametone

gametone — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 14:07:32 -0800

That mygalomorph patterns site is the sweetest interactive math art I've seen on the web. I wish they had a way to slowly animate it through its range, so you could more easily see the patterns evolve.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 14:31:50 -0800

What a cool post, Morphic - that first link is awesome. How bizarre that an artist would do this - train insects to turn into jewelry! Well I suppose it beats turning them into slaves and robots. More to the topic, these beetle sculptures are kinda cool.

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 14:41:44 -0800

madamjuju: I begin to question those roach scientists motives when they say things like "They are not very nice insects...They are a little bit smelly, and there's something about the way they move their antennae. But they look nicer when you put a little circuit on their backs and remove their wings."

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:46:47 -0800

gravelshoes: substitute "citizens" for "insects" in that quote and i believe you have defined bush domestic policy.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Sat, 09 Nov 2002 00:45:17 -0800

The high-quality digital scans of moths, which can be enlarged 2700%, in the May National Geographic. (Not sure if it's art or not, but still pretty amazing.)