Description
‘Apis Mellifera Robotica’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘Apis Mellifera Robotica’
Medium: Pen, ink and scratch tool on Ampersand Claybord
Dimensions: 7.9″ x 7.9″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2024
Artwork Will Ship From: The Netherlands
About the Artwork:
I read somewhere that aerodynamically a bee shouldn’t be able to fly, because proportionally its wings are too small to keep its body up in the air- but it flies anyway.
A month ago, my mother passed after fighting Waldenström disease (a rare type of blood cancer) for 13 years.
She lived twice as long as her initial diagnosis predicted.
She, and the bees, remind us that anything is possible, we can face the biggest difficulties in life despite our circumstances.
This piece is part of my ongoing cyborg animal series. – Kirsten Schaap
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Kirsten Schaap (@kirsketchbook) is an illustrator living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her work revolves around introspection, darkness, contrast and raw emotion- fear, loss and decay are recurring themes in her work. She mainly works in black-and-white and her work is drawn by hand using a stippling technique, which enables her to bring depth, texture and layers into her work. She is inspired by nature, mythology and science fiction.
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