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Bee Observatory

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This project required us to do something unconventional with a shipping container, I made a bee observatory. There is a circular seating (made out of plasticine) in the centre and a plastic covering over the hives so that people can view the bees without the bees escaping into the container.

Beekeeper suits are frequently white or an off-white colour, in part because it’s believed that this has a calming effect on bees, so, the interior walls of the container are painted white. There are little flaps on each side to allow the bees to come and go but keeping the rain and other elements out. And to complete the design I added a little bee friendly roof garden so that the bees wouldn’t have to travel far for sustenance!

April 6, 2013 by Laura.
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I’m Laura Corbettis, a self taught, vegan watercolourist.

Big colours, bold lines and even bigger gulls here at oddkness! The gulls started eating me alive since moving to Birchington, so I thought I’d just rip out my heart and throw it to them. I now dedicate my main art practice to herring gulls.

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