描述
- COLLECTIBLE ART PIECE - Sculpture artist Mike Libby customizes preserved insect specimens with antique watch parts and mechanical components to create these incredible works of imagination. From beetles to spiders to scorpions, each work is a spirited and luxurious celebration of nature and machine.
- A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION - Robot-like insects and insect-like robots have always been the stuff of science fiction - until now. Both biologists and engineers alike look to insect movement, design and social behavior to inspire new technology and applications. This wolf spider art piece is a monument to that inspiration and to the many creative minds that have studied and drawn from nature to build and create the technology of today.
- THE BEST MANTLE DECORATION - Made of durable glass domes over walnut bases. The species is listed beneath the base along with the artist’s signature. The wolf spider dome measures 4 inches by 4 inches making it a great size to place atop a mantle or onto a desk.
- MADE FROM UNIQUE PARTS - High-quality insect specimens are safe and non-endangered and were acquired from licensed dealers who supply from all around the world; Africa, China, New Guinea, Brazil, Texas etc. The mechanical parts are taken from antique pocket watches and wristwatches as well as electrical components and other odd bits from sewing machines and typewriters. These are non-moving sculptures designed for display only.
- A SCIENTIFICS SCULPTURE - These specimens were designed and created specifically for Scientifics. These displays take months to create and are a limited-edition item.
Product Specs: Wolf Spider specimen Encased behind glass on a walnut base Dome is sealed to base and measures 4” x 4” Mechanics are display only. There is no animation. Image does not fully reflect every art piece. Each interior display will differ slightly in overall presentation, including the mechanisms and positioning. The same attention to detail was placed in the choosing of the watch mechanics. The species of insect will remain consistent. About the Artist Mike Libby (b 1976), artist and owner of INSECT LAB, started his ongoing series of mechanically customized insect specimens in 1999. Libby is a multi-disciplinary artist who makes sculptures, models, collages and drawings using diverse materials, conceptual curiosity, and diligent craftsmanship. Libby has exhibited throughout the US and in parts of Europe, his work is in collections national and world wide. Libby graduated with a degree in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999 and has since worked widely with book writers, editors, publishers, and members of the science fiction community, educators, gallery and museum curators, debuted at high end craft shows such as CraftBoston, Philadelphia and Smithsonian, has been a guest of Hasbro, covered by The New York Times, the Discovery Channel, featured through Neiman Marcus, carried by Anthropologie and inspired designer Jason Wu’s “2013 Resort Collection”. Originally from central Maine, he currently resides and works in Portland, Maine enjoying coastal views, the vibrant creative community, and maintaining a prolific studio practice.
