Monday, 22 June 2009

Geeky art

So what sort of art do you create if you are a science geek??!

Well I know of two artists who do it. First is Mike Libby who sticks watch parts onto insects.
This is a wee bit sad, as he does kill the insects to then turn them into art (and most hippies would of course say they are beautiful enough left alone - which I do agree with) but it must also be said that what he creates does look very cool indeed!!



And people may not realise but most entomologists (insect people) still spend their lives trying to find and 'collect' (kill) pretty insects anyway, so what he does isn't any worse at all!

The next artists doesn't kill animals to create his works. His name is Alastair Gibson and he used to be a Formula 1 mechanic. He uses bits of his collection of Formula 1 engine parts and carbon fibre to make very cool fish...


So shinny and pretty!

My kind of art!!!


2 comments:

  1. "...This is a wee bit sad, as he does kill the insects..."

    Sorry, what were you doing for your Master's again?? ;)

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  2. That’s different... I kill them indiscriminately by the hundred, for science :P

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