Category: My Art

I am in the process of designing and mapping beetle territory: where do my beetles live? Where do they eat? And where to they go to sleep? Are they loners, or social beetles? Here are some of my less dimensional, less colorful beetles! These are clearly herd beetles; they are moving en masse toward some…

My beetle mania continues, but the drawers are not at all final. There may be one drawer, but probably not two. After consideration, I find that I am bored by my the drawers at the moment. I am underwhelmed by them. So many of the beetles will not be in the drawers at all. If…

I do believe, at least for the moment, that my beetle specimen drawers approach final arrangement. I have added another round of beetles, two of them being brand new, and I have rearranged them. The arrangements in each drawer seem more compatible. I am still somewhat unsure whether I like these particular drawers, or even…

I am determined: I will proceed with my beetle specimen drawers project! I anticipate at least two “drawers”, although I am toying with the idea of using closed cases rather than mounting for a wall hung “drawer” display. Old flatware/silverware cases might be quite fabulous. But those might require a different style of beetle than…

I pulled the second editions of Mrs. Beetle and Golden Boy out of the molds this morning, along with another Mrs. Beetle I and another turtle! I like Golden Boy #2 better than #1; the color shading is better. But I am not quite as fond of Mrs. Beetle II in red & green, although…

It worked: success! I made one excellent mold and one OK but partial mold from my recent soap carving efforts. I love Mrs. Beetle II, and I can clean and re-use my Golden Boy soap carving to make a more complete mold. I have already made a cast from each of these, along with newl…