{"id":255,"date":"2011-03-28T20:31:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommonsees.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2011-03-28T20:33:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:33:19","slug":"255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tommonsees.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"March 28 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, it’s been quite a while since I’ve been able to write a new post.\u00a0 Work seems to get in the way much too often.<\/p>\n

Just a quickie today.\u00a0 This is an idea I had for a new piece, that is if I can figure out how to make it work.\u00a0 It’s an orchid made out of bees.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of some real bees placed in the shape of a few orchid petals.\u00a0 It’s flat and only two petals but I think it’s a pretty good rough approximation of what it will look like.\u00a0 I got the bees from a beekeeper, Joel, who sells honey at\u00a0 the local farmers market every weekend.\u00a0 He unfortunately lost an entire hive, but was able to give me a bunch of bees to experiment with.<\/p>\n

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And here are some pics of an orchid.<\/p>\n

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I’m thinking of doing a version where the bees are painted like bees, then another version where the bees are painted like the orchid (Patent pending).\u00a0 Hopefully it’ll be a trompe l’oeil type of effect, fooling the eye into thinking it’s a flower until getting closer and seeing that it’s comprised of hundreds bees.<\/p>\n

That’s the idea anyway.\u00a0 We’ll see how it turns out.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, it’s been quite a while since I’ve been able to write a new post.\u00a0 Work seems to get in the way much too often. Just a quickie today.\u00a0 This is an idea I had for a new piece, that is if I can figure out how to make it work.\u00a0 It’s an orchid made … <\/p>\n

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