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]]>Mills is a talented artist from Eugene, Oregon, who specializes in making picture-perfect Victorian frames decorated with butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, and other insects. Her skills significantly evolved over the past few years, and we’ve also seen her use taxidermy animals, skulls, and bones in her work.
Everything from bugs to moss and flowers used in Mills’ art is 100% real, and she’s trying to make her frames as true to life as possible. She’ll sometimes add paint and tiny figurines to the mix, but her listings always clearly state if she made any altercations.
Mills is fully committed to using sustainably sourced materials in her art, without doing any harm to the ecosystems they came from.
“All of my insects come from breeders I have found online or sellers who source them from insect farms… I do not support deforestation and would never go out of my way to kill an animal for the sake of art,” she explains on her official website.
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]]>The post Sarah Ritchie is Crafting Unique Ceramic Pieces Inspired by Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Ritchie is a pottery artist based in Mohkinstsis, Alberta who earned a degree in archeology before deciding to pursue ceramics. Her background greatly informed her art, and she started incorporating natural and historical themes into her work as time went by.
“Ceramics have been in my life long before I started creating my own. There’s something about holding a cup and being able to see the fingerprints of the maker that turns a functional item into a personal link to those that have touched that item before us,” she explains on her official website.
Nature is her main driving force, and her pieces are often the result of her life-long admiration and respect for the less appreciated animal species. That’s one of the reasons why insects often take center stage in her work, from beetles and ladybugs to bumblebees and dragonflies.
Ritchie’s Luminaries collection is the crowning jewel of her work, and it features various unglazed translucent porcelain candles featuring hand-carved insects, illuminated by a golden glow that perfectly highlights their details.
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]]>The post Elizabeth Burnard is Taking Instagram by Storm With Her Insect Art appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Burnard graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in animal science, but her academic journey wasn’t the only thing that prepared her for founding Wildflower Oddities. She was obsessed with insects for as long as she can remember, and her passion project eventually turned into a full-time job.
“I’m a self-taught insect preservation artist and taxidermist from Oregon, who’s always been into the weirder things in life. From collecting bugs as a child and keeping spiders as pets, I’ve always had a liking towards all bugs and insects,” writes Burnard on her official website.
Burnard is fully committed to using sustainably sourced insects in her art. She explains that she gets most of her insects from friends and family, both in the US and overseas, and has a backstock of farm-raised insects. She only relies on purchasing new farm-raised insects for commissions, and she tries to embrace the same approach with all the other curiosities used in her art.
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]]>The post Hollow Repose’s Tess Tejedor is Breathing a New Life Into Dead Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Tejedor describes herself as an artist who specializes in finding beauty in the dead through insects, bones, and taxidermy art. It’s been a few years since she started collecting bones and insects and transforming them into works of art, and she eventually decided to share her talent with the world.
Tejedor found herself looking for a creative outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that was when she started creating her signature butterfly and beetle boxes. They became a huge hit on Etsy, where she sold hundreds of her unique creations.
Tejedor always points out that the specimens she uses were once alive, and her art serves as a powerful reminder that death is not the end.
“For me, the process of creating a new beautiful life for something as beautiful as a deceased insect, a pile of bones, or a distressed piece of taxidermy is incredibly rewarding. I am very fortunate to spend my days reviving the dead,” she explains on her official website.
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]]>The post Märta Mattsson is Celebrating Insects Through Her Art and Jewelry appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Mattsson was interested in art and biology from a young age, and she found a unique way to combine her two passions into one. Her plans to be a biologist fell apart when she had trouble dissecting animals in high school, but he managed to turn her disgust into a superpower.
She’s now creating jewelry pieces that explore the thin line between attraction and repulsion, and it’s not a coincidence that many of them take the shape of insects.
“In the 18th century, many new breeds of animals and plants were discovered and it was the main era of cabinets of curiosities… In a world where not many new and exotic breeds are discovered I use dead creatures in my pieces to evoke wonder,” she explains on her official website.
Mattsson’s creations often take the shape of butterfly wings, but they’re not the only creatures she’s fascinated by. From spiders and beetles to birds and reptiles, she looks for inspiration all around her and uses her art to pay homage to fascinating creatures that most people would rather avoid.
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]]>The post Denise Humphrey is Transforming Old Watches Into Steampunk Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Humphrey is the mastermind behind Spanky Spangler Design, and she’s on a mission to recycle broken watches and bulbs into wearable pieces of art. In addition to watch parts and cogs, she also uses everything from brass, sterling silver charms, and chains to create stunning steampunk insects.
“I started out experimenting with some old watch movements, turning them into earrings which sold quite well… My latest creations incorporate old lightbulbs, these are used to create clockwork creatures, which include dragonflies, wasps, spiders, bees and flies,” Humphrey explains on her official website.
We’ve seen this creative artist make everything from earnings to necklaces over the years, but her light-up brooches are especially impressive. They’re usually made from dried flowers encased in a resin ball, and they look truly magical.
Humphrey also offers a pretty impressive collection of bumblebee jewelry, called “Save the Bees”. 10% of the profits from this collection are being donated to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust, which aims to raise awareness about the declining number of bumblebees and the ways to conserve these insects and their habitats.
Check out more of her art on her Instagram and maybe even get some yourself!
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]]>The post This Jeweler Did a Butterfly Wing Transplant appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>One day, a local zoo reached out to her with the question, if she could repair a butterfly wing? Although she has never worked with live insects, she accepted the challenge.
“It takes me less than 5 minutes to do the repair,” the artist said in an interview with Bored Panda. “You have to work fast, to avoid stressing the butterfly out any more than necessary. I have a friend who works at a butterfly conservatory, and I have seen his ‘Frankenstein’ butterflies flying around there, so I knew it was possible. I asked him for advice, as well as consulting the internet.”
The procedure went by smoothly; the butterfly’s wing was repaired successfully and the surgeon received huge support on her Facebook page.
The post This Jeweler Did a Butterfly Wing Transplant appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Karina Mills’ Bewitched Oddities Will Change the Way You Look at Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Mills is a talented artist from Eugene, Oregon, who specializes in making picture-perfect Victorian frames decorated with butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, and other insects. Her skills significantly evolved over the past few years, and we’ve also seen her use taxidermy animals, skulls, and bones in her work.
Everything from bugs to moss and flowers used in Mills’ art is 100% real, and she’s trying to make her frames as true to life as possible. She’ll sometimes add paint and tiny figurines to the mix, but her listings always clearly state if she made any altercations.
Mills is fully committed to using sustainably sourced materials in her art, without doing any harm to the ecosystems they came from.
“All of my insects come from breeders I have found online or sellers who source them from insect farms… I do not support deforestation and would never go out of my way to kill an animal for the sake of art,” she explains on her official website.
The post Karina Mills’ Bewitched Oddities Will Change the Way You Look at Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Sarah Ritchie is Crafting Unique Ceramic Pieces Inspired by Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Ritchie is a pottery artist based in Mohkinstsis, Alberta who earned a degree in archeology before deciding to pursue ceramics. Her background greatly informed her art, and she started incorporating natural and historical themes into her work as time went by.
“Ceramics have been in my life long before I started creating my own. There’s something about holding a cup and being able to see the fingerprints of the maker that turns a functional item into a personal link to those that have touched that item before us,” she explains on her official website.
Nature is her main driving force, and her pieces are often the result of her life-long admiration and respect for the less appreciated animal species. That’s one of the reasons why insects often take center stage in her work, from beetles and ladybugs to bumblebees and dragonflies.
Ritchie’s Luminaries collection is the crowning jewel of her work, and it features various unglazed translucent porcelain candles featuring hand-carved insects, illuminated by a golden glow that perfectly highlights their details.
The post Sarah Ritchie is Crafting Unique Ceramic Pieces Inspired by Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Elizabeth Burnard is Taking Instagram by Storm With Her Insect Art appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Burnard graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in animal science, but her academic journey wasn’t the only thing that prepared her for founding Wildflower Oddities. She was obsessed with insects for as long as she can remember, and her passion project eventually turned into a full-time job.
“I’m a self-taught insect preservation artist and taxidermist from Oregon, who’s always been into the weirder things in life. From collecting bugs as a child and keeping spiders as pets, I’ve always had a liking towards all bugs and insects,” writes Burnard on her official website.
Burnard is fully committed to using sustainably sourced insects in her art. She explains that she gets most of her insects from friends and family, both in the US and overseas, and has a backstock of farm-raised insects. She only relies on purchasing new farm-raised insects for commissions, and she tries to embrace the same approach with all the other curiosities used in her art.
The post Elizabeth Burnard is Taking Instagram by Storm With Her Insect Art appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Hollow Repose’s Tess Tejedor is Breathing a New Life Into Dead Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Tejedor describes herself as an artist who specializes in finding beauty in the dead through insects, bones, and taxidermy art. It’s been a few years since she started collecting bones and insects and transforming them into works of art, and she eventually decided to share her talent with the world.
Tejedor found herself looking for a creative outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that was when she started creating her signature butterfly and beetle boxes. They became a huge hit on Etsy, where she sold hundreds of her unique creations.
Tejedor always points out that the specimens she uses were once alive, and her art serves as a powerful reminder that death is not the end.
“For me, the process of creating a new beautiful life for something as beautiful as a deceased insect, a pile of bones, or a distressed piece of taxidermy is incredibly rewarding. I am very fortunate to spend my days reviving the dead,” she explains on her official website.
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]]>The post Märta Mattsson is Celebrating Insects Through Her Art and Jewelry appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Mattsson was interested in art and biology from a young age, and she found a unique way to combine her two passions into one. Her plans to be a biologist fell apart when she had trouble dissecting animals in high school, but he managed to turn her disgust into a superpower.
She’s now creating jewelry pieces that explore the thin line between attraction and repulsion, and it’s not a coincidence that many of them take the shape of insects.
“In the 18th century, many new breeds of animals and plants were discovered and it was the main era of cabinets of curiosities… In a world where not many new and exotic breeds are discovered I use dead creatures in my pieces to evoke wonder,” she explains on her official website.
Mattsson’s creations often take the shape of butterfly wings, but they’re not the only creatures she’s fascinated by. From spiders and beetles to birds and reptiles, she looks for inspiration all around her and uses her art to pay homage to fascinating creatures that most people would rather avoid.
The post Märta Mattsson is Celebrating Insects Through Her Art and Jewelry appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Denise Humphrey is Transforming Old Watches Into Steampunk Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Humphrey is the mastermind behind Spanky Spangler Design, and she’s on a mission to recycle broken watches and bulbs into wearable pieces of art. In addition to watch parts and cogs, she also uses everything from brass, sterling silver charms, and chains to create stunning steampunk insects.
“I started out experimenting with some old watch movements, turning them into earrings which sold quite well… My latest creations incorporate old lightbulbs, these are used to create clockwork creatures, which include dragonflies, wasps, spiders, bees and flies,” Humphrey explains on her official website.
We’ve seen this creative artist make everything from earnings to necklaces over the years, but her light-up brooches are especially impressive. They’re usually made from dried flowers encased in a resin ball, and they look truly magical.
Humphrey also offers a pretty impressive collection of bumblebee jewelry, called “Save the Bees”. 10% of the profits from this collection are being donated to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust, which aims to raise awareness about the declining number of bumblebees and the ways to conserve these insects and their habitats.
Check out more of her art on her Instagram and maybe even get some yourself!
The post Denise Humphrey is Transforming Old Watches Into Steampunk Insects appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post This Jeweler Did a Butterfly Wing Transplant appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>One day, a local zoo reached out to her with the question, if she could repair a butterfly wing? Although she has never worked with live insects, she accepted the challenge.
“It takes me less than 5 minutes to do the repair,” the artist said in an interview with Bored Panda. “You have to work fast, to avoid stressing the butterfly out any more than necessary. I have a friend who works at a butterfly conservatory, and I have seen his ‘Frankenstein’ butterflies flying around there, so I knew it was possible. I asked him for advice, as well as consulting the internet.”
The procedure went by smoothly; the butterfly’s wing was repaired successfully and the surgeon received huge support on her Facebook page.
The post This Jeweler Did a Butterfly Wing Transplant appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
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