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11.04.2012
Bees As Craftswomen Wax Positive Creators
I wonder how they kept the bees form filling the wax with honey, pollen or babies.. ?? hmmm.. |
| http://inhabitat.com/vase-made-by-bees-by-studio-libertiny/#ixzz2A5hr6Yyi |
I have been interested in contradicting the current consumer society (which is interested in slick design) by choosing to work with a seemingly very vulnerable and ephemeral material – beeswax. To give a form to this natural product it has occurred more than logical to choose a form of a vase as a cultural artifact. Beeswax comes from flowers and in the form of a vase ends up serving flowers on their last journey.
At this point I asked myself a question: “Can I make this product already at the place where the material originates?” My ambition to push things further led me to alienate the process by which bees make their almost mathematically precise honeycomb structures and direct it to create a fragile and valuable object – like a pearl. This takes time and time creates value.
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