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Ele Willoughby, PhD

Here’s my @printerSolstice for the prompt “texture”. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

8”x8” Lino block print of a small blue and black bee Osmia conjuncta landing on an upturned empty Cepaea snail shell in gold with brown on cream coloured washi paper
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Jan 26, 2023, 01:19 PM·Public
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

I thought first I might make a furry animal. I like carving fur. Bees have both fuzzy hairs and hard exoskeletons so a variety of textures. When I read about these wee little blue mason bees nesting in snail shells (how cute is that?!) I had my idea. I wanted the fine and large scale texture of the shell and bee.

I’m going to start looking in snail shells my kid brings me (for bee inhabitants) and leaving them in my garden to welcome bees.

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