[Jewelry making - Article 00265] - Re: [Orchid] Swarovski crystals affixed to live cockroach

[andy cooperman]

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    This idea has been around for a while. People would wear live (not
    jewel-encrusted) anole lizards tethered on tiny chains pinned to
    their lapels. Live, gem encrusted beetles too. The best I've come
    across though were the live snails. Their shells were covered w/
    mellee and a pin back was glued to their shells. When placed in water
    the snails would feed and move about. When left to dry, however the
    snails went dormant and sealed themselves up tight in their shells.
    They could then be worn indefinitely, storing water in their sealed
    shells.. They wouldn't wake up until soaked in water. 

    There's something wonderful, though, about the cockroaches. A
    reviled thing redefined and recontextualized. Check out the
    photography of Catherine Chalmers. She took the same huge Madagascar
    Hissing Roaches and flocked them with pink felt flocking in patterns
    similar to insects we generally consider to be charming, such as
    ladybugs. Peoples' reactions were quite different in regard to these
    "improved" roaches. 

Andy Cooperman
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