For those with cash to burn and a taste for the curious several high end retailers and boutiques are promoting insect art assemblages as great holiday gifts. Above is Neiman Marcus' "Insect Lab Specimen Artwork" by Maine artist Mike Libby. Libby starts with real insects and adds some clockwork elements to the mix for a one-of-a-kind convo starter.
For those with more whimsical insects in mind please go check out "Insects at Home: The Miniature Insect Dioramas of Lisa Wood" as exhibiting at the Gold Bug in Pasadena, CA and as featured in the LA Times this morning. Unfortunately the shop site is flash only so I can't post a photo but trust me- her work is worth hopping over to the site to ogle. There are butterflies at tea and tomato caterpillars looking into microscopes and a leaf insect cutting out paper dolls. Needless to say I'm floored.
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