June 25, 2010

Jesus Bees

Over the course of the fair, 40 000 worker bees were released into the case to complete a wax honeycomb structure over the figure of a martyred christ rising out of the chaos, his weight seeming to be upheld by the mass strength of the swarm. the figure within the vitrine is made of a laser sintered framework in which the industrious bees created a honeycomb skin overbefore filling each cell with the honey they produce. then bees worked to remove the honey from the cells and return it to the beehive, cleaning the figure back to the wax cells they originally created.

‘Unbearable Lightness‘ by Dutch designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny.

(via marginal revolution)

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  1. Doc on June 25th, 2010 at 9:44 am

    the dutch got it goin’ on…

  2. Carole Corlew on June 25th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    I love it. In the comments, people keep saying “been done before.”

  3. Cindy Scroggins on June 25th, 2010 at 9:49 am

    beejesus

  4. Deron Bauman on June 25th, 2010 at 9:51 am

    jeebus.

  5. Deron Bauman on June 25th, 2010 at 9:51 am

    beejus.

  6. Cindy Scroggins on June 25th, 2010 at 9:51 am

    honeycrotch

  7. Deron Bauman on June 25th, 2010 at 9:57 am

    Hey, hey, Jesus, when you walk that way, watch your honey drip, can’t keep away.

  8. Sheila Ryan on June 25th, 2010 at 9:58 am

    I was trying to make a joke about honey and lemon. You know, for a sore throat. ‘Til the juice runs down my leg.

    It didn’t work.

  9. Cindy Scroggins on June 25th, 2010 at 9:59 am

    bee-bee jesus

  10. Sheila Ryan on June 25th, 2010 at 9:59 am

    “the industrious bees”

  11. Carole Corlew on June 25th, 2010 at 10:30 am

    The incredible lightness of bee-ing.

  12. Daryl Scroggins on June 25th, 2010 at 10:35 am

    bee-itch

  13. walt on June 25th, 2010 at 11:22 am

    bee for real.

    Hey, I learned my new word of the day – “sinter.” Never encountered this one ever before. Doesn’t sound nearly as interesting and dirty as it should be, though.

    I couldn’t get more than 5 pages into the Kundera novel, by the way.

  14. Terence on June 26th, 2010 at 10:21 am

    Neat sculpture, totally ruined by the name.

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