Rhinoceros beetles are the strongest animals on the planet, proportionally. They can lift up to 850 times their own weight. To put this into perspective, if a human of average height and weight had the strength of the rhinoceros beetle, it would be able to lift a 65 ton object, for example, an Abrams Tank.
Made of Effetre glass on a Nortel Minor. Measures about 2.5" x 2" x 1"
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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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WoW
Look at that Head!!!
I like this critter alot....
» Posted by
RobertKochGlass
on 12/12/2007 5:10:39 PM.
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Sick!!
Just plain out of this world >>SWEET!
JD
» Posted by
JDAnderson
on 12/12/2007 8:07:48 PM.
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WOW!!!
WONDERFUL ARTWORK!!!
BIG HUG FROM SPAIN,
KARMEN
» Posted by
Karmencita
on 12/14/2007 1:42:32 AM.
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