We have a few more slots available for tomorrow's Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop with Former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton; full details follow; email
morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to class list!
Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop with Former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton
With Daisy Tainton, Former Senior Insect Preparator at the American Museum of Natural History
Date: Saturday, February 2
Time: 1 - 4 PM
Admission: $65
***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to class list (please specify date)
This class is part of The Morbid Anatomy Art Academy
Today,
join former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton for a special
Valentine's Day-themed edition of Observatory's popular Anthropomorphic
Insect Shadowbox Workshop. In this class, students will work with
Rhinoceros beetles: nature's tiny giants. Each student will learn to
make--and leave with their own!--shadowbox dioramas featuring carefully
positioned beetles doing nearly anything you can imagine. Beetles and
shadowboxes are provided, and an assortment of miniature furniture,
foods, and other props will be available to decorate your habitat.
Students need bring nothing, though are encouraged to bring along
dollhouse props if they have a particular vision for their final piece;
1:12 scale work best.
Daisy Tainton was
formerly Senior Insect Preparator at the American Museum of Natural
History, and has been working with insects professionally for several
years. Eventually her fascination with insects and love of Japanese
miniature food items naturally came together, resulting in cute and
ridiculous museum-inspired yet utterly unrealistic dioramas. Beetles at
the dentist? Beetles eating pie and knitting sweaters? Even beetles on
the toilet? Why not?
1 comment:
Really odd, but kind of beautiful too this kind of shadowbox. It's interesting to see how the person creating it puts together almost a whole 'life' in just a little one-scene box.
Fascinating.
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