RE: Using pests to help

[Anne Lane]

I knew dermestids have long been used to clean skeletons for natural history collections and laboratories, but this is the first I have heard about using bugs for artwork. My first question would be, what do you do about all those little exploded corpses inside your wooden pieces, who are issuing posthumous messages to local carnivores to come to dinner? I must admit being fascinated by the use of bugs to fill losses in sculptures, especially the bit about colors. What won’t they think of next?   Anne Anne T. Lane Collections Manager 704.568.1774 x110 phone 704.566.1817 fax al...@charlottemuseum.org   The Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite Where  History Has a Home 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte, NC  28215-3214 www.charlottemuseum.org   Featured Exhibits: Charlotte Stories: Our Collections, Your Treasures Charlotte Neighborhoods: NoDa An Invitation to the White House From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Rick Kerschner Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:38 AM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Using pests to help   Finally, we have them working with us!  Interesting article.   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/bugs-save-venezuela-art   Richard L. Kerschner Director of Preservation and Conservation Shelburne Museum PO Box 10, Route 7 Shelburne, VT   05482 (802) 985-3348 x3361 rkersch...@shelburnemuseum.org