2nd Sept to 15th November
Offical opening 20th September 2026 from 2pm to 4.30 pm
Opening speech by Associate Professor Gale Spring at 2.30 pm
Four colour carbon transferred onto stainless steel brings these beautiful insects to life with an inner glow. For this exhibition I created photographs that reveal insects in their remarkable and sometimes weird beauty.
Each is reproduced beyond their physical scale.
They are meticulously reproduced in four colour carbons on stainless steel creating an inner glow.
There is not a single part of this incredible art form I do not love
“Insecta is defined as the most species-rich class of organisms, comprising approximately 1 million described species, characterised by three major body divisions—head, thorax, and abdomen—and a single pair of locomotory appendages on each thoracic segment.”
Each photograph has its scientific name/biological class which is Insecta – also called Hexapoda
The Process includes making tissue by mixing gelatin, sugar, colour pigments and pouring this hot mixture onto a thin carrier sheets (tissue).
Sensitising by coating the dry tissue with light-sensitive dichromate solution and allowing to dry. A film negative is placed against the sensitised tissue and exposed to ultraviolet light source. Light hardens the gelatin in proportion to the density of the negative. Finally soaking the exposed tissue in warm water and pressing onto the stainless-steel final support. Placing the “sandwich” in hot water melts and helps wash away the least exposed soft gelatin as it transfers the onto the stainless- steel, leaving a permanent sculptural relief photograph.
The process is simple but has many steps .