Journal entry for November 15, 2001

Today's summary: Four sculptures shipped to L.A. today!

That's four or five, depends whether you count the two bees collectively or not... I still owe the gallery two to four more. Preferably four. The photo links below aren't new... but, I figured I'd supply the link as reference.

The first one is an homage to Charlotte A. Cavatica, from Charlotte's Web. "A. Cavatica" is short for "Aranea cavatica". I added a "u" in the middle to turn it into a gold pun. E.B. White was born in Mt. Vernon, NY.
   Auranea cavatica
   ("gold web" "from caves")
   Mt. Vernon, New York
Photo

Next are of course, my evil killer bees! One of my friends said (as a joke) that these bees are really a racist reference to black-on-white crime... since when African bees met European honeybees, bad things happened... and due to L.A.'s crime rate. That's not quiiiite what I really had in mind. Socalled "Killer" bees have invaded southern California in recent years, so this does seem appropriate to the locale.
   Homicida apis
   ("killer" "bee")
   Los Angeles, California
Photo

Next is my reworked purple and gold bug. This one's always been near and dear to me since it was my first use of niobium wire, my first use of coils to build body mass, and also because I managed to save it from ruin.
   Chrysozona gloriosus reduxii
   ("gold bands" "glorious" "renewed")
   Phoenix, Arizona
Photo

Last is my big rainbow butterfly, with the linoleum blade wings.
   Falcaluna iridis
   ("scythe moon" "rainbow")
   Mare Tranquilis
Photo

*sigh* I'll miss them all, but, I also need my razorbugs to go out and infest the world! Muaahahahah!... err, was I laughing maniacally? What I meant to say was, I just want to share my creations with the world. Yeah, that's it. Sure.