Making art out of an ant hill. Sounds crazy but it’s being done. Our pest treatment guy told me about this so I had to visit the site.
http://www.anthillart.com/castings/071/
If you click on the link above you can see a video on how they take molten aluminum into a field and pour it into an ant colony opening. The size and shape of the sculpture depends on the kind of ant.
The end result reminds me of the job given to the character Jake Perry in the movie "Sweet Home Alabama". If you saw that movie you learned how his character made Fulgerite art by using a metal rod stuck into the sand at the beach. When the lightening stuck the rod during a thunderstorm, the sand around it turned into a glass sculpture. The idea is to have the electricity from the lightening strike melt the sand. (This is a very rare occurrence by the way). The best sculptures (when created in that way) are made in very dry desert sand - not wet beach sand).
Here are a few photos from the ant site. You should watch how this is done. Fascinating.
After the sand is brushed away from the cooled metal you end up with these kind of art pieces.
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| Ant Hill Art |
http://www.anthillart.com/castings/071/
If you click on the link above you can see a video on how they take molten aluminum into a field and pour it into an ant colony opening. The size and shape of the sculpture depends on the kind of ant.
The end result reminds me of the job given to the character Jake Perry in the movie "Sweet Home Alabama". If you saw that movie you learned how his character made Fulgerite art by using a metal rod stuck into the sand at the beach. When the lightening stuck the rod during a thunderstorm, the sand around it turned into a glass sculpture. The idea is to have the electricity from the lightening strike melt the sand. (This is a very rare occurrence by the way). The best sculptures (when created in that way) are made in very dry desert sand - not wet beach sand).
Here are a few photos from the ant site. You should watch how this is done. Fascinating.
After the sand is brushed away from the cooled metal you end up with these kind of art pieces.
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| Ant Hill Art |
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| Ant Hill Art |
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