267/365 Goodness, I’ve gotten lazy with this project… but in my own defense, I am stuck in a post production hole of client work and I do hope to surface soon… ;D Here’s just a little something from today. A bit of bad news dappled my week…
This amazing little ball is a growth produced by a wasp in the genus Acraspis (family Cynipidae). Gall wasps are tiny, stingless wasps that stimulate abnormal growths of cells in the host plant. A larval wasp eats and grows inside.
Ongoing personal project, November 2011. The matter-of-fact way in which Kafka writes about such a surreal situation inspired this piece, where a traditional style portrait has been replaced with a beetle’s head. Biro and collage on cartridge paper. Work in Progress.
on her third birthday -we took her to "the beach restaurant" where they have a sand playground and great food (not a combo you’d expect.)
Today I picked up my car from the garage! Its (he) is a ‘72 vw beetle, and for obvious reasons his name is Herbie. I’ve owned him for seven years of his forty-year life, and I’ve just treated him to a new engine as the old one was on it’s …
Water Crickets live among vegetation or on the surface of still, or slow moving water. They belong to the family ‘Veliidae’ of which there are 500 species! I was lucky to get this shot because I only spotted it last minute and it didn’t hang around long enough for more …
These trees must have been cut in early February. I wonder if the anticipation of invasive species (long horned wood boring beetles, etc.) are the reason.
The best of my monochrome drypoint etchings today. This is oil-based ink on Kent paper. We were supposed to do a final print on Fabriano but the block degraded long before that, even after re-cutting. I reckon rhenalon plates are good for a max of 4 prints before they are …
