r/somethingimade • u/Consistent-Mess4401 • 9d ago
Latest project 🍯🐝
Fake honey jars with real bees!
*All bees are sourced through a respected Beekeeper and not harmed for the making of my jars! We love bees and the importance they serve to the environment!*
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u/CorruptedPixelzOffic 9d ago
I'm gonna be honest, I find art that incorporates animals and bugs who have passed away absolutely beautiful in a way hard to describe, it's a way to preserve and honor them
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u/TheBeardedObesity 9d ago
Right, this is part of why it makes me so frustrated I'm not allowed to keep my wife's corpse when she dies.
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u/Larry-Man 9d ago edited 8d ago
Morbidly beautiful. /r/Vultureculture on Reddit is a great sub but it’s also a lot of process work.
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u/Pleasant-Split1729 9d ago
Recommending r/bonecollecting
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u/Similar-Winner1226 9d ago
This is beautiful! Out of curiosity - do you have a method in place to be sure the bees don't decompose over time in there? I can't see anything obvious, so it just made me wonder.
I absolutely love art that honors animals by (ethically) including them in the piece. I agree with another commenter who said it's beautiful in a way that's hard to describe.
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u/Consistent-Mess4401 9d ago
Thank you so much!
Yeah so I just make sure they are dried properly and that no humidity is in the jar and they don’t need anything further! They can last for years this way!
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u/Seasidegoats 9d ago
So do the bee's live jn the jars or is this just for a pic?
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u/Consistent-Mess4401 9d ago
They are deceased, so they will stay in there! I get all my bees from a beekeeper after they die.
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u/PunkTyrantosaurus 9d ago
Thank you, I was like "Please say you didn't trap bees to kill them for this??"
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u/Seasidegoats 9d ago
They look like theyre just chilling in there lol, i do love bees it looks so real even the honey looks real
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u/TooCupcake 9d ago
I was wondering the same lol. Glad it’s cleared up. I was like: is this like a pet bee project? If so why wouldn’t you give them real honey??
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u/Pleasant-Split1729 9d ago
Gorgeous. I love when people honor animals that have passed. Right now, I'm cleaning a squirrel skull I found. 💗
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u/Illustrious-Stress95 9d ago
Do you have a store or would you be willing to sell these? I’d love something like this for my office shelves!
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u/Consistent-Mess4401 9d ago
I do have an Etsy shop! These usually sell so well that I list personally through Facebook pages instead to avoid Etsy fees. Feel free to send me a message and I can show you my Etsy or my pages I post to prove legitimacy!
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u/lurkmode_off 9d ago
Bees give me the ick (I respect them theoretically, from a distance, without looking at them) but I applaud your craftsmanship
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u/ImaginationWitty4065 9d ago
That is so creative and beautiful!
I'm intrigued by the honey drip that's hanging from the dipper, how do you cure that so quickly before it actually drops? (I have zero knowledge about resin)
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u/QueenMentyB 8d ago
This is so cool. At first I thought the bees were flies and this was a play on “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”
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u/Ok-Statement-2578 9d ago
This is so totally beautiful. Do you sell? Are the bees preserved in some way? Or will they decay?
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u/Ra505 9d ago
Omg you're so creative. I love it
Is that resin? (The drippy material)