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Summer means INSECTS!!!

Summer means INSECTS!!!

Posted by WesleyFleming on 6/2/2006
 Featured by MicahEvans
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!
Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis
Watch out guys, she might be hungry ;-)
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Longhorn Beetle
Longhorn Beetle
The asian longhorn beetle is an invasive species to North America, and is a voracious wood-boring insect.
720 x 540 pixels  (37 KB)
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Suzis Beetle
Suzis Beetle
Anybody have an ID on this one? No species identificati...
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Spiked Clinidium Beetle
Spiked Clinidium Beetle
This guy will be for sale at the 2006 GAS Conference Live Auction! Best wishes to the winning bidder :-)
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Spiked Jewel Beetle
Spiked Jewel Beetle
Another product of my active imagination. Watch out if this critter gets into your cereal!
720 x 540 pixels  (49 KB)
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Stag Beetle
Stag Beetle
Surprisingly, stag beetles actually use their extended mandibles to grab their opponents and throw them off branches!
500 x 331 pixels  (44 KB)
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Jewel Leafcutter Beetle
Jewel Leafcutter Beetle
This little guy LOVES to eat your flowering plants.
500 x 425 pixels  (64 KB)
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Longhorn Beetle
Longhorn Beetle
The asian longhorn beetle is an invasive species to North America, and is a voracious wood-boring insect.
500 x 369 pixels  (50 KB)
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Hercules Beetle
Hercules Beetle
This beetle was made with the help of Vittorio Costantini, while I was studying at Lucio Bubacco's studio in Murano, 2005.
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Wesley Fleming
Wesley Fleming, glass sculptor Wesley is inspired by the shapes and colors of nature as well as his wacky imagination, spending much of his spare time exploring under rocks and logs outdoors. With his glass insects, Wesley mimics actual species with intricate detail. In other pieces he conjures creatures from dreams and his inner reality. Wesley has been working with hot glass for 9 years and is represented by galleries around the United States. His work can be found online at: www.wesleyfleming.com

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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.
these are looking sweet!
Vittorio is the man for bugs for sure
» Posted by GreenStoneGlass on 6/2/2006 10:52:50 AM.
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.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh
very nice insects ...!
» Posted by SeanStirlingSmiley on 6/2/2006 3:04:11 PM.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So sick
Great job on every one of those
» Posted by RobertKochGlass on 6/4/2006 9:45:43 AM.
nice series
very realistic
» Posted by JoshKennedy on 6/4/2006 9:50:12 AM.
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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