Is This Art?
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︎Amazed by artworks drawn by talented insects. Appreciate the beauty of nature from a micro and humble perspective.
Keywords natural science · non-fiction · insects · leaf · perforation · foldings
Is This Art is a non-fiction natural science book, presenting the various beautiful patterns that insects leave on leaves as a result of their acts of feeding or nesting. If you pay attention, in our neighborhood it's very easy to find traces that insects leave on plants : curvy doodles, circular holes, pinky double-rings, white maze… Is This Art re-introduces some common insects as artists whose talents are overlooked by us.
This book is created as a MA project, unpublished. Seek for publishing opportunity. Please email me if you’d like to reading-out video of the whole book.
All rights reserved. No part of these pages may be used for any purpose unless explicit authorized by Thea Lu.
Keywords natural science · non-fiction · insects · leaf · perforation · foldings
Is This Art is a non-fiction natural science book, presenting the various beautiful patterns that insects leave on leaves as a result of their acts of feeding or nesting. If you pay attention, in our neighborhood it's very easy to find traces that insects leave on plants : curvy doodles, circular holes, pinky double-rings, white maze… Is This Art re-introduces some common insects as artists whose talents are overlooked by us.
This book is created as a MA project, unpublished. Seek for publishing opportunity. Please email me if you’d like to reading-out video of the whole book.
All rights reserved. No part of these pages may be used for any purpose unless explicit authorized by Thea Lu.
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Leaf beetles are famous for the polka dots!
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Leaf-cutter bees come from the same art genre.
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On some pages, I used perforations and foldings to trigger children’s curiousity.
Surprises folded inside the flaps enrich the fun of reading.
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The miner moth’s baby can create dizzy maze without any efforts.
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At the end of the book, you can check out the “biography” of every insect artists.
Scientific reasons of why and how they create such patterns listed out.
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I hope my book can inspire little readers to find and to appreciat these tiny miracles just happening around us.
/ Behind the Stage /
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