Kim,
They were probably “home”, but not to Caddisflies. Caddisfly larvae
are aquatic. Some people raise the larvae over semi-precious gemstone
chips and once the larvae leave to pupate into adults the cases are
retreived, filled with resin and used in jewelry. They are seem to be
quite popular at the Entomology Society of America meetings I used to
attend. Caddisflies are wonderful facinating insects and are used as
an indicator of stream quality, as they like nice clean, flowing
water.
Here is my favorite site for these. The folks are wonderful!
Michelle
Um, you might have to look a little farther. Cadis flies only make
their little houses under the water
Oh dear me!! Blast…I must contact the local museum - silly
me… I know my partner had one of these little bundles as a child
for a while since he was fascinated with insects. He remembers no
more however! They really are quite beautifully constructed and very
difficult to see as they are well camouflaged. Ah well, still on my
list of things I need to know along with why gum trees foam in heavy
rain…
Thanks for enlightening me Rose!
Kimmyg
Sandra:
I discovered a Forum, not unlike this one (except the people are
not as nice) where there are long discussions about the fine
points of insect ID.
In your post below, you mentioned an insect forum. I went to your
website to locate it but could not find a link to it - beautiful work
by the way.
Could you post the link to the insect forum that you talked about or
send it to me off list. Thanks.
BTW. Seems like I read in one of the magazines a few years back
about a person (possible loin effort) that does really detailed and
accurate metal workings (jewelry?) of insects that were just
beautiful. Does anyone remember his name?
Eric Schmidt
If you like insects, ufos and scrap metal sculpture and want to see
the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world, try
http://heart2art2heart.com/pages/theforevertron.html
Those pix show just a small portion of what’s really there.
Sculptures range from hand held size to pieces that need a crane to
move. Tom Every (aka Doctor Evermor) is an interesting and wonderful
guy. His story is as out there as his sculptures. If you’re ever in
Wisconsin in the spring, summer or fall, it’s worth the trip to find
the park and meet the maker. You can also find it on google earth.
Enjoy.
Terri Garcia
I have been following this thread and want to direct attention to
the work of Yas Tanaka. The heir to six generations of Tanaka family
metalwork, Yas creates insects and other little critters in a unique
art form called Jizai (Japanese for “articulation”) In this style,
insects, crabs and crustaceans are painstakingly fabricated in
silver, with lifelike accuracy and articulated movement at every
joint. The work is quite astounding, some with dozens of individual
moving parts, taking hundreds of hours to complete. Yas is senior
instructor at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts. His work was
featured on the Academy’s brochure as well as in a one man show at
the Academy in 2004. Yas’s work can be seen at
http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/jiazi.htm
Alan
Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, Inc.
760 Market Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, California 94102
tel: 415-391-4179
Alan;
Thanks for the link.
He must be a great admirer of nature, especially of the little
things.
Eric
Hello,
Glad to see other people share an admiration for insects. I’ve had a
curiosity for these creatures ever since I read the ‘Very Hungry
Caterpillar’ when I was little.
I’ve collected a few books such as the "Living Jewels"by Poul
Beckmann which is worth checking out, I believe the link to/about the
book was posted in the thread earlier. I also recommend DK (Dorling
Kindersley) ‘Insect’ and ‘Big Book of Bugs’ books or basically any DK
books in general since their pictures, layout and is
great.
This is also a nifty link http://rusinsects.com filled with other
links to bug sites.
Personally, I could never kill a creature for any purpose but if I
find a d eceased bug I tend to collect them for my art or research.
Carolina www.carolina.com has some preserved animals/bugs (I don’t
know if they breed them just this purpose…I hope not.) and living
bugs. When I was working on a project I ordered a preserved
centipedes through them. After researching I became so fascinated
with the creature I was considering a non venomous one for a pet but
I’m sure my roommates would’ve disapproved. You can find a picture of
that project from a show back in 2004 at this site and by clicking on
my name http://babel.massart.edu/metals/allschoolshow/alschl-imgs.htm
Thanks for all the other links, books, and artists to check out
revolving around insects everyone!
-Lauren Anabela Beaudoin