Insect Heads

“Insects are so tiny compared to human scale, and unless we pause to look at them, bugs often only register as a dot in our peripheral vision. My artwork takes just a part, the head, of these small creatures and blows it up to a scale where the fine details of each animal can be observed with the naked eye. Here, playing with scale gives the viewer a different sense of the world, in the same way tools like a magnifying glass or microscope allow us to see what’s normally hidden by the limitations of the human eye. Despite their size, insects are incredibly intricate and capable of complex behaviors. The common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) forms colonies with specialized roles while the green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) communicates with noises made by rubbing its wings against its legs. These insects exemplify how so much of the world must go unnoticed by an individual.”

Garrett Goodrum is a senior majoring in Biological Sciences and minoring in Sculpture.