Field guide No. 467
Restless log of living bees
Hollow log, full occupancy.
A fallen log on the forest floor is made entirely of packed, living bees, bark and rings and all, with a few drifting off the ends. It hums.
Field noteBees will nest in a log. These are the log, rings included, and it won’t sit still.
Also possible, also breaking material
Brass seeds in a glass pearAny glassblower and any jeweller could split this commission. Sculpture, not paradox.
Ironing crumpled aluminumFoil can be smoothed, not turned into a mirror-thick plate. The iron added metal somewhere.
The softest fossil in the abyssFossils are bone turned to stone. This one turned to smoke and has somehow kept its shape for ages.
Waffle housewarmingGrid-faced apartment blocks are common enough. Batter is an unconventional render.