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"Native to the rain forests of Central and South America, their title is well deserved as they are one of the largest beetles known. This scarab beetle is most noted for its thoracic and cephalic horns, which can grow longer than the body of the beetle itself. This adaptation is primarily used during fights with other males. The Hercules beetle is said to be the strongest creature on earth for its size, able to carry 80 times its own body weight."
Made of Effetre glass on a GTT Phantom. Measures about 3" x 2" x 1"
Back to Parent Page:  Wesley Fleming
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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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You never Stop impressin me...
So Nice to Look At
» Posted by
RobertKochGlass
on 3/29/2007 2:37:04 PM.
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Sweet Bugs!!!!
Any entomologist would be proud!!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Aloha!
» Posted by
BenBurton
on 3/29/2007 4:00:26 PM.
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Very cool
that beetle is tight, thsnks for the Fun-Facts, I love that kinds stuff.
» Posted by
KajBeck
on 3/30/2007 12:21:47 AM.
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WOW
so clean, very VERY nice...
» Posted by
XL
on 4/27/2007 12:45:40 PM.
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i love it
i LOVE your bugs my friend, i make myself my own bugs in clear glass but i'm most inderrest about them space. Anyway you amaze me. thanx
» Posted by
Uhuru
on 9/27/2007 4:23:37 PM.
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thtas to sick
» Posted by
TFUNK
on 11/13/2007 8:56:46 PM.
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