Hive: A 6 x 6 x 2 wooden shadowbox, painted white, with a layer of beeswax-over-cork in the back… An amorphous shape formed by mobius knots (three rings woven through the center of each other) connected by smaller rings… These are anodized niobium rings, in deep, vibrant, iridescent colors… The chain maille form is pinned in the shadowbox with insect specimen pins…
Evocative of honeycomb, or fragments of wasp nests… Of whitewashed hives seen out in the fields…
Visit the shop or contact Crescent Maille to commission a Hive.
6″ square; wood, acrylic paint, cork, beeswax, stainless steel pins, niobium rings. Stands on a flat surface, or can be hung on the wall.
Hive 01:
Hive 02:
Sculptures (currently Urchins and Hives) are now in a separate gallery; there’s a link to the Sculpture Gallery in the Main Gallery, or click here. Hive 01 and Hive 02 completed in July 2008.
