Cocoon

  • Cocoon No. 29

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.29: western honey bee (apis mellifera)
    (death by pesticides – tongue sticking out) 

  • Cocoon No. 31

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.31: european hornet (vespa crabro)

  • Cocoon No. 32

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.31: european hornet (vespa crabro)

     

  • Cocoon No. 34

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.34: queen wasp (vespula vulgaris)
    (wet because she entered the cocoon freshly
    deceased – died a natural death) 

     

  • Cocoon No. 35

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.35: crane fly (tipulidae)

  • Cocoon No. 36

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.36: lacewing (hemerobius micans)

  • Cocoon No. 37

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.37: bumblebee (bombus terrestris)

  • Cocoon No. 38

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.38: large cockchafer (melolontha pectoralis)

  • Cocoon No. 44

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.44: european peacock butterfly (aglais io)

  • Cocoon No. 45

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.45: blue bottle fly (calliphora vomitoria)

  • Cocoon No. 47

     250,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.47: box tree moth (cydalima perspectalis)

  • Cocoon No. 40

     350,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.40: giant woodwasp (urocerus gigas)

  • Cocoon No. 41

     350,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.41: european stag beetle, female (lucanus cervus)

  • Cocoon No. 43

     350,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.43: walking leaf (phylliidae)

  • Cocoon No. 48

     750,00

    glass, deceased insect,  2020 ongoing 

    Within cocoon a selection is shown of an ongoing process in which deceased insects are gathered throughout daily life. A fragile husk is all that remains from many of these creatures, yet upon closer inspection immense beauty may be found in their transient physical presence.

    Please not that the insects remains within the glass cocoon can and are intended to decay over time. The cocoon serves as a time capsule, protected from outside influences it slows down the process of transiency and allows one to play closer attention to the wonders of transformation.

    Cocoon No.48: windowsill findings  (flys, wasps, lady bug, carpenter beetle larvae )
    This side specific cocoon was made during the Destination Unknown residency at the abandoned building of the former cigar factory Vossen-Breuers in Tegelen (NL)