Hmm maybe there is something salvageable from the bees. I think it looks okay lit up, not as pristine as I wanted but certainly not as bad as I thought it was going to be! Particularly by layer 4 where it was smoking and smelling like hell! The crack is still noticeable but still sort of alludes to the trapped in amber/honey thing I wanted. Just to let you know, I didn't kill these bees, they were collected from an abandoned nest at work. Sad, but I think by preserving them in the resin it hints at the problem of colony collapse disorder, consumerism and cause and effect. Just wanted to show you the process involved, so each layer of bees had to be trapped in a separate layer of resin. Also, look how different the unhardened resin is (in the coke bottle almost green) to the one in the jar!!! How hard to guess the finished colour! I am now wondering whether to make a light box/plinth for it to be displayed on. From afar it looks good! All is not lost, I think the fumes had managed to kill my enthusiasm for this project. We will leave the resin work for now. Back to work this week, no more weeks free of responsibility to do lots of art!
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