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A team of 60,000 Sculptors

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It’s an open secret that the art produced by many “masters” is not entirely of their own hand. Michelangelo, Da Vinci, even Chihuly, all had teams of apprentices rendering some of the laborious details of their work.

I’ll do them one better: I had a team of 60,000 help me with my sculptures. 60,000 bees, that is.

As regular readers know, I keep two hives of bees in my back yard. As you may not know, I’ve been experimenting with placing bits of randomness in the hive at the beginning of the season, and encouraging the girls to encase or entomb the objects  in wax and comb. It’s a long process, since each piece takes a full season to build, and I only have two hives to work with, but it’s been turning out well, I think. My most recent piece began by placing a string of LED lights in the hive for the bees to build around.

The results of my labors (and theirs) will be on display this month at the Vermillion Gallery (1508 11th Ave) in Capitol Hill January 14 – February 7 as part of the Winter Lights: Explorations in Self-Illuminated Art show. The opening reception is this Thursday, January 14th from 5 – 8 pm. Come on by and say hello.

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Jordan

I started Wallyhood back in 2008, right when my son was born, because I realized I had lived in the neighborhood since 1993 and didn't really know my neighbors. I figured writing a blog about what was going on around me would be a good way to meet people and help other people do the same. As the years progressed, those neighbors have picked up the torch and it is now a group effort, which I adore. I moved out of Wallingford for a few years (2020 - 2025), but I'm back, now living with my wife, son and dog (Dillinger) up in Tangletown.

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  1. gp January 12, 2010

    very, very cool.

    So, are the bees gonna live? Was it year before last when there was scarcely a bee to be found? Did someone fix the bees?

  2. DOUG. January 12, 2010

    That’s a great looking piece, Jordan. Congratulations on the showing.

  3. bill January 12, 2010

    do the lights affect them in any way? Are they warm?

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    Wallyhood January 12, 2010

    No, I chose LED lights because they don’t give off much heat.

  5. Thomasin January 13, 2010

    Wow cool! My friend Simon Winder is also in the same show! I can’t make the opening, but will definitely go check out your stuff.

  6. Kayko January 14, 2010

    Amazing!!!! How cool. Good luck at the show tonight. We wont be able to make the opening but will try to see these masterpieces in person soon.

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