Eighteen of my latest found object assemblages will be on display and (most) for sale at the Oliver Center for the Arts July 28 - September 8, 2017 as part of an exhibition, "Bugs, Birds and Beasts." This one is a common housefly.
Musca domestica: Francisco
$225
Assemblage
Materials: Antique wood spindle, antique buttons, recycled jewelry, wire mesh, fasteners, wire, paint.
Dimensions: 7” x 17” x 12”
To offer a respectful nod to the benefits of flies, we are reminded through this work that insects--including Musca Domestica, the lowly house fly--are worthy of our utmost and deepest appreciation. As it turns out, the use of pesticides designed to kill Musca Domestica (and other insects) is actually causing more damage to the ecosystem than the flies themselves. Without them, we'd be instantly neck-deep in piles of detritus and dead matter. Francisco is elaborately adorned so as to distract the common swatter.
Musca domestica: Francisco
$225
Assemblage
Materials: Antique wood spindle, antique buttons, recycled jewelry, wire mesh, fasteners, wire, paint.
Dimensions: 7” x 17” x 12”
To offer a respectful nod to the benefits of flies, we are reminded through this work that insects--including Musca Domestica, the lowly house fly--are worthy of our utmost and deepest appreciation. As it turns out, the use of pesticides designed to kill Musca Domestica (and other insects) is actually causing more damage to the ecosystem than the flies themselves. Without them, we'd be instantly neck-deep in piles of detritus and dead matter. Francisco is elaborately adorned so as to distract the common swatter.
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