Robobugs

A few months ago, I was doing some reading on The Daily Galaxy, and I came across an artist named Mike Libby. Below you see an example of one of his pieces of art. The specific piece you see here costs $700 and comes in a glass dome; but what is it?

"Insect Lab is an artist studio that customizes real insects with antique watch parts and mechanical components."
I love it. It's unfortunately outside of my price range as a graduate student, but someday... Even though I can't afford it, I'd still like to see it in person. He was at CRAFTBOSTON in (you guessed it) Boston a couple of weeks ago, but his News and Events pages doesn't have any other upcoming events. I'll keep an eye on it. (Though I'll have to remember to check manually, since there's no RSS feed....)



Photo: Insect Studio

Godspeed.



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