Project: 'Beetle Ball' for the exhibition 'Man thou art a wonderful animal'

Client: Andrew Mackay/Liverpool Cathedral

Completion date: April 2012

Materials: Coated steel base/styrofoam body/aluminium profiles/photographic prints

Description: The 'Beetle Ball' was created to act as both an individual artwork and a feature to draw Cathedral visitors into photographer Andrew Mackay's exhibition 'Man thou art a wonderful animal'. The 1.3m diameter ball has approximately 150 different beetle images mounted on laser cut aluminium profiles anchored into a styrofoam sphere which is raised off the floor on a powder coated steel mount.

SmallProjects also provided services in planning and installing the exhibition.

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