The @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo is coming up next Saturday March 9th in San Diego! Get your tickets now! I’ll have a booth and my automaton Beehive Bouquet will be on display! This is its story: Its time was up and it fell to the dirt. With its last breath, the spirit of the coyote escaped from its gold toothed mouth in a sonic boom of an energy. And from its dark hollow throat a plant of woody pods and black sage blossoms grew. The pods revealed tiny seeds of sparkling gems and glossy glass bulbs. The blossoms bloomed petals caressing brass bits. Soon there were bees feeding on these flowers something more of an elixir than a nectar. The honey bees began to shimmer with golden bodies. The bumble bees started twinkling with opals and sapphires. The blood stained soil once hard and cold, became a warm cushion of red velvet where the skull of the creature still stood strong. The bees gathered together building intricate bronze structures with gilded nest that protected living jewels. Then the light of the moon and the sun harmonized into one entity of white glowing crystals, forever illuminating this sacred cycle. Materials: black sage, protea flower and leaves, calistamos seed pods, wasp nests, coyote skull with 23k gold gilded fangs, gold gilded naturally deceased bumble bee & honey bees, apophyllite druzy crystal, Herkimer diamonds, opal, swiss blue topaz, gold topaz, pale lemon peridot, citrine, amethyst,emeralds, garnet, pink garnet, rhodelite, pink sapphire, white sapphire, blue sapphire, fire sapphire, and onyx. There is a secret compartment containing secret treasures. Music box plays Clair De Lune which has great relevance to the piece when you look up its meaning. #averoseart #beehivebouquet #automaton #beelover #beeart #crystalpower #darkart #poeticart #oddities #curiosities https://www.instagram.com/p/Bue2Q8Zjx1v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vi0yl2oie4i8
