Salvat's art combines his long-running interest ... to manifest what looks like three-dimensional jeweled wonders of the natural world. Insects are unfortunately often overlooked and even despised ...

Like really sizable, the sorts of bugs not seen in the real world but, rather, in art, fiction, and perhaps the occasional B-movie. Sometimes, however, art and real life have a charming way of ...

co-owner of Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry in San Francisco. She referred to the Art Nouveau master René Lalique, whose insect jewels often charmed and repulsed in equal measure. “Lalique did a ...

The Insect Asylum is full of outsider and vernacular art. It’s also a place for visitors ... which can be turned into jewelry and other adornments. Prices range from $15 to $75.

In Ravenswood Manor alone, residents have spotted a rare silver, jewel-eyed cicada ... said Nina Salem, founder of the Insect Asylum. “It’s encouraging people to learn more about cicadas.

Flies have a long history in Western art. Dating back to Medieval times, the bug’s appearance in an artwork was used to symbolize death or rot of the flesh and soul. At the time, flies were ...