NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM/ JIMMY’S FARM_ Looking for butterflies
For my diversity project, I was incorporating the harsh boldness and masculinity of boys toys with the delicate nature and beauty of butterflies. To source more primary research to base my ideas on, I visited the natural history museum. Here it had a wonderful archive of taxidermy butterflies, situated in the darwin centre. There was a whole array of different species- different sizes, shapes, colours, patterns- all informing my work. I especially liked the bright coloured ones, as I felt it related to the bold robot colours. Through out the museum, the butterflies where presented either in flat frames, or in a mock up of their environment. It was interesting to see how much more energy they carried by their shape- while the patterns and colours were still there, the delicacy was not translated.
To get a feel for the butterflies movement, I also visited Jimmy’s farm, who has a wonderful butterfly house full with interesting butterflies. As I went towards winter, the butterflies were feeding on fruit, so it was a great opportunity to see the real deal up close, even holding them. Some were fluttering around, and it appeared to me that although they are dainty, they are also quite clumsy, flitting from one place to the next. But I liked how their prettiness contrasted with this. I was even able to experience cocoons, as there were many hidden in the nectar trees. I was confused as to what they were at first, there were loads of caterpillar shapes hanging around. But then it clicked, and i was almost able to track down the process through different cocoons being at different stages. The process of the butterfly also related to the transformation side of my project.
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