Sunday, March 18, 2012

Lorenzo Possenti's Big Bugs March Their Way Across Europe

Our esteemed and talented collaborator, Lorenzo Possenti, launches another traveling exhibit featuring his beautiful and stately models. But you don't have to travel there to see them - we have our very own set here in the U.S. Coming to a museum near you!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

LexGo.com | Century-old insect drawings reveal the art of scientific illustration

As I work on the storyline of our upcoming exhibit BUGS: Outside The Box, the beauty and artistry of bugs is heavily in my forethought. There is beauty to be discovered, a new way of looking at creatures that we revile, avoid, or simply ignore. The incredible, intricate, and enormous sculptures in the exhibit accomplish this so well that it's hard to ignore the fact that a stag beetle, blown up to more than four feet long, has an amazingly captivating texture to its exoskeleton, and elegant and graceful appendages.

Lest we forget the countless, dedicated scientist/artisans that capture this same beauty in scientific illustrations.

LexGo.com | Century-old insect drawings reveal the art of scientific illustration

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Edible Insects - National Zoo| FONZ

Edible Insects - National Zoo| FONZ

Lately we've noticed that entomophagy (or the eating of insects) is getting a lot of attention in the press. A common food source worldwide, the United States is one of the few countries that shun this practice. A practical, sustainable "green" source of protein, the eating of insects merits the attention that it is receiving. This is a wonderful article that discusses it in more detail.