Thursday, January 15, 2009

tomas gabzdil

This bee-made vessel by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny made its debut at last year's Milan Design Week. The vase was made by 40,000 bees over the course of one week. Studio Libertiny constructed a vase-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagonal comb to encompass the existing form. And it was their very last companion. The piece reminds me of something written by Antonio Machado: "I dreamt - my marvellous error! - that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures."

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