Beehives and birdnests are naural forms of nature in which I aim to take a detailed look into the formation and process of their development.
Metamorphosis is about boilogical process, usually reffering to animal life, begining, changing and ending. Although beehives and birdnests arent alive themselves the creation and atmosphere around them certianly is, and being created by animals, there is definately a strong connection.
Through beehives and birdnests I aim to study the development, writing about, learning about, working from and so on.
I hope to create a range of textiles samples which can represent these natural formations at work.
In beehives the main thing I would like to work on the is honey bee species and their beehive, The nest is composed of multiple honeycombs, parallel to each other, with a relatively uniform bee space.
As for birds nests ill be lookin at a wider range:


Swifts nests: House Swifts nests in small colonies, building their nests close to each other on sheer vertical surfaces. In the wild, they make their nests on limestone cliffs, but they have adapted to human constructions and now colonise buildings, jetties and bridges; including those in busy urban areas. They look for nooks and crannies where the nest will be protected from the sun and rain. House swifts use a combination of mud and saliva. Their salivary glands enlarge during the breeding season to produce large quantities of this "glue". The nest is saucer-shaped or bulbous, untidy and rough on the outside, but smooth and unlined on the inside. They may reuse the same nest site.


Magpie nest:
Magpies build the large nest, which can take several weeks to complete, from small branches and twigs, and line it with mud and vegetation. The nest is usually in a large tree (but sometimes in pylons) and domed to prevent predation by other crows, but some birds do not bother.

More to come....