Steampunk Insects

[Ya Sam]

Mike Libby's Steampunk Insects

Mike Libby of the Insect Lab makes steampunk insects, their carapaces peeled 
open to reveal horological guts: cogs, gears and coiled springs.

The insects are made with recycled materials, obviously including old 
wacthes, but with numerous other recycled electronic components like 
beepers, television remotes, etc.

Here's Libby on how he started:


One day I found a dead intact beetle. I then located an old wristwatch, 
thinking of how the beetle also operated and looked like a little mechanical 
device and so decided to combine the two. After some time dissecting the 
beetle and outfitting it with watch parts and gears, I had a convincing 
little cybernetic sculpture. I soon made many more with other found insects 
and have been exploring and developing the theme ever since.
You can buy many species of steampunk insects: spiders, butterflies, 
cicadaes, dragonflies, beetles and wasps. Each comes mounted in a shadowbox 
like a legitimate entomological specimen. Just like Cronos!


http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/12/mike_libbys_cyb.html


http://www.insectlabstudio.com/index.php/item/286

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