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10 April
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Swoon

Swoon

267/365 Facebook 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…

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06 April
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Leaf gall on oak

Leaf gall on oak

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.

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28 March
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Metamorphosis ii

Metamorphosis ii

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.

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28 March
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Katie-bug

Katie-bug

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.)

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22 March
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Thirty seven.

Thirty seven.

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 …

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17 March
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10 March
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Velia caprai- a water cricket

Velia caprai- a water cricket

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 …

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07 March
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Blue ice

Blue ice

Inside the car at sunrise with ice on the windshield

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02 March
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Tragic degradation of a magical place

Tragic degradation of a magical place

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.

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16 February
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Trichius (monochrome drypoint)

Trichius (monochrome drypoint)

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 …

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