Insect Lab -The New Weird

"One day I found a dead intact beetle. I then located an old wristwatch, thinking of how the beetle also operated and looked like a little mechanical device and so decided to combine the two. After some time dissecting the beetle and outfitting it with watch parts and gears, I had a convincing little cybernetic sculpture. I soon made many more with other found insects and have been exploring and developing the theme ever since."

Mike Libby -Artist

Insect Lab is an artist studio that customizes real insects with antique watch parts and electronic components. Borrowing from both science fiction and science fact, Insect Lab's customized insects are a celebration of natural and manmade function, and include beetles with inner wings, butterflies, Dragonflies, scorpions, praying mantis and grasshoppers.

Mike Libby has been in many solo and group exhibits, in Maine, throughout the US and Canada and is in collections worldwide. He has future shows in Boston, Philadelphia and San Diego and in February, 2008 his work from Insect Lab will be featured on the cover of Tachyon Publications "New Weird" anthology, a collection of contemporary science fiction writing.

The Insect Lab

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