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#snailshell — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #snailshell, aggregated by home.social.

  1. The #insertaninvert2024 prompt is “housing” about invertebrate architecture & nests they build, but I’m going to talk about a species who borrows rather than builds because it’s the sweetest thing! Like an illustration in a fairytale for children, the Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta), a small North American blue bee makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! How adorable is that!? 🧵1/

    #linocut #printmaking #masonBee #snailShell #sciArt #NativeBees #pollinator #MastoArt

  2. I am starting #ArtAdventCalendar with this Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta), a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. I am truly charmed by the idea of a snail shell nest!

    #linocut #printmaking #masonBee #snailShell #sciArt #OsmiaConjuncta #Cepaea #NativeBees #pollinator #MastoArt

  3. Here’s my #printerSolstice @printerSolstice #linocut for the prompt “texture”. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

    #printmaking #masonBee #snailShell #OsmiaConjuncta #Cepaea #sciart #EasternSnailShellMasonBee #nativeBees #pollinator #washi