Spiders!!!

Wintertime brings the spiders inside to crawl about our cupboards and closets. These two species are just a small sampling of these fierce, eight-legged wanderers.

Made of Effetre glass on a Nortel Minor. Each spider measures approx 2" x 1.5" x 1"

This page has been viewed 652 times by 561 visitors.
(Not including visits today. Stats updated nightly.)

Spider 1 600 x 450 pixels (31 KB) 1 Comment view 1	Real Spider 600 x 450 pixels (39 KB) 0 Comments little miss muffet	Spider 1 600 x 450 pixels (32 KB) 0 Comments view 2
Spider 1 600 x 450 pixels (39 KB) 0 Comments view 3	Spider 1 600 x 450 pixels (34 KB) 0 Comments view 4	Spider 2 600 x 450 pixels (34 KB) 0 Comments view 1
Spider 2 600 x 450 pixels (34 KB) 1 Comment view 2	Spider 2 600 x 450 pixels (34 KB) 0 Comments view 3	Spider 2 600 x 450 pixels (36 KB) 0 Comments view 4

Artist: WesleyFleming

Contact Artist

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/

Gallery Root: http://www.GlassArtists.org/WesleyFleming

View the Map of Wesley Fleming's Gallery

Comments on This Gallery Page

I like these alot hope to see More .....
There is a Ton of spiders i would like to see you blow....

WoW
» Posted by RobertKochGlass on 11/25/2007 1:43:54 PM.

Sweet!!
Your spiders are soo sick, Great ones there Wes.
JD
» Posted by JDAnderson on 11/25/2007 3:18:15 PM.

Lookin' Good
Those are awesome spiders Wesley. Out of quriosity, have you or anyone else stumpsucked one of your bugs or spiders? That would make for a killer marble.
» Posted by Route66GlassWorks on 11/25/2007 3:46:35 PM.

That would make a way cool marb...Those things are wicked...
» Posted by BrettHoerr on 11/25/2007 4:04:17 PM.

Nice Job
making the legs using soft glass would kill me...nice work!
» Posted by GarrettKeisling on 11/25/2007 5:58:25 PM.

They're Creepy and Crawly!
Wouldn't want to run into one of those around the house... Nice work Wes! they're awesome!

Aloha!
» Posted by BenBurton on 11/25/2007 10:13:43 PM.

awesome...
cant look at them for more than 5 seconds... PERFECT !!!!
greets from germany
carla
» Posted by Carlee on 11/25/2007 11:23:28 PM.

Nice
Always diggin' the bugs - Spiders are really interesting. The varieties and variations provide some great subject material. Great job! - Kenan
» Posted by KenanTiemeyer on 11/26/2007 5:38:52 AM.

Killer Spiders
You amaze me with these, very detailed !

One of these inside or outside a marb would be awesome.
Spider eats butterfly
Keep them coming
Peace Joe
» Posted by JoeAndDonna on 11/26/2007 6:13:25 AM.