From left to right: the ballerina, the circus conductor, the angel, the paratrooper, the baby, the musician and the gardener.
Buddy Bugs
Buddy bugs is a project based on my love for insects. As a little girl I was completely fascinated by them.
I have always noticed that people around me found them frightening and would rather see them dead. Both in the past and now I thought this is a shame because I view them as sweet, funny, and clumsy creatures.
Insects are a crucial link in the food chain, they take care of the plants, but they are also a source of food for many species. After plentiful research I found out that the numbers of insect species going instinct is enormous. And since insects are small and people find them disgusting, I wanted to put them in a positive light with this project.
By visibly humanizing them, I hoped to regain a certain appreciation for these animals. I choose certain characters based on my own appreciation of insects. Some I made cute or elegant, others I humanized in the shape as they are useful to humans, and in a way that their daily insect activities are seen as human activity.
In the last image you can see how small they are. The largest was about the size of a regular paper clip.
Everything is handmade under a magnifying glass.
