Colony Portraits

Colony portraits is a collection of soft ground etchings resulting from the imprints of bees, evoking their disappearance while emphasizing the individuality of each creature.  

As my project evolved, I began to use electro-etching and discovered how to electro-plate the bees. This process of memorialisation of the plated and the etched bees also evokes the communication with electric fields that happens between the bees

 

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© Valérie Chartrand 2017

 

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© Valérie Chartrand 2017

 

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© Valérie Chartrand 2017
© Valérie Chartrand 2018