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Summer means INSECTS!!!

« Wesley Fleming

(Glass Sculptures)

Summer means INSECTS!!!

These insects are all made of Effetre soft glass, generally on a Minor burner. I specialize in beetles, but also make other classes of insects.

Hooray for summertime!

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Longhorn Beetle 720 x 540 pixels (37 KB) 0 Comments The asian longhorn beetle is an invasive species to North America, and is a voracious wood-boring insect.		Praying Mantis 720 x 540 pixels (39 KB) 0 Comments Watch out guys, she might be hungry ;-)		Suzis Beetle 720 x 540 pixels (48 KB) 0 Comments Anybody have an ID on this one? No species identificati...
Spiked Clinidium Beetle 720 x 540 pixels (45 KB) 0 Comments This guy will be for sale at the 2006 GAS Conference Live Auction! Best wishes to the winning bidder :-)		Spiked Jewel Beetle 720 x 540 pixels (49 KB) 1 Comment Another product of my active imagination. Watch out if this critter gets into your cereal!		Stag Beetle 500 x 331 pixels (44 KB) 0 Comments Surprisingly, stag beetles actually use their extended mandibles to grab their opponents and throw them off branches!
Jewel Leafcutter Beetle 500 x 425 pixels (64 KB) 0 Comments This little guy LOVES to eat your flowering plants.		Longhorn Beetle 500 x 369 pixels (50 KB) 0 Comments The asian longhorn beetle is an invasive species to North America, and is a voracious wood-boring insect.		Hercules Beetle 720 x 540 pixels (102 KB) 1 Comment This beetle was made with the help of Vittorio Costantini, while I was studying at Lucio Bubacco's studio in Murano, 2005.

Artist: WesleyFleming

Wesley Fleming

http://myworld.ebay.com/wesley_fleming_glass

Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, I spent my days exploring the space beneath logs and rocks or reading science fiction. As a result the shapes and colors of the natural world, as well as my own wacky imagination, are the main sources for my work.

With some of my glass beetles for example, I try to capture and mimic an actual species with intricate detail on the tiny limbs and thorax. While in other pieces, I attempt to bring into being a creature from an inner reality or a dream. In some cases I merge the fantastical with the real through choice of color palette or by referencing familiar images in a mythical work.

Regardless of the end result, I find great joy in sculpting glass - witnessing the transformation of a brittle and cold substance to a molten and pliable material then back to a solid form again.

Sincerely,
Wesley Fleming

http://www.wesleyfleming.com/

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Les

wow!!
if I had known you were gonna get this much better than me at the bugs I never would have showed you those first spider legs!! Seriously though, you have made huge improvments, I am VERY impressed...Keep it up!
» Posted by Les on 6/2/2006 9:30:01 AM.

Green Stone Glass

these are looking sweet!
Vittorio is the man for bugs for sure
» Posted by GreenStoneGlass on 6/2/2006 10:52:50 AM.

Micah Evans

VERY NICE
I have seen people make attempts at bugs before but those are incredible! keep it up!!
» Posted by MicahEvans on 6/2/2006 1:05:55 PM.

Sean Stirling Smiley

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
very nice insects ...!
» Posted by SeanStirlingSmiley on 6/2/2006 3:04:11 PM.

Mandella Glass

Congrats
on the feature! I really enjoy the insects. They look even more realistic in person. Keep it up.
» Posted by MandellaGlass on 6/2/2006 5:58:02 PM.

Lindemann Glass

Kick ass!
Some of the nicest bugs I've seen in a while. Well deserved feature. Keep up the good work. TL
» Posted by LindemannGlass on 6/2/2006 10:57:20 PM.

Jupiter Nielsen

awesome!
Nice job Wesley. the longhorn and the hercules are my fav's! aloha Jup
» Posted by JupiterNielsen on 6/3/2006 3:05:27 PM.

Kenan Tiemeyer

Bring on the Bugs!
Great work Wes! I would love to see how you make some of these critters! You've got me buggin' out - keep it up!
» Posted by KenanTiemeyer on 6/4/2006 6:12:55 AM.

Robert Koch Glass

So sick
Great job on every one of those
» Posted by RobertKochGlass on 6/4/2006 9:45:43 AM.

Josh Kennedy

nice series
very realistic
» Posted by JoshKennedy on 6/4/2006 9:50:12 AM.

Nelida Heredia

Yes It Does
Your work is gorgeous!!!!!
» Posted by NelidaHeredia on 11/7/2006 3:04:25 PM.

Awesome
How Real !!
» Posted by kcsaintjohn on 11/21/2006 12:59:17 PM.

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