I’m still thinking about Jeremy’s last project and how a large part is the incorporation of moths, which made me think of Damien Hirst (http://www.whitecube.com/artists/hirst/) and the paintings he creates with actual butterflies. The paintings are really beautiful and aren’t obvious in the materials he uses, which are real butterflies. A few of the paintings look like kaleidoscopes. He also works with other animals, but I thought that the butterflies would be the closest to Jeremy’s work now. And after looking at Damien Hirst I was trying to find other artists that work with insects, but in a different way. I found this artist named Mike Libby (http://www.insectlabstudio.com/index.php/) who works with real insects and antique watch parts and electronic components. He combines them together to create insects that are partially natural and partially mechanical. The insects aren’t drastically changed; they still look very similar to how they looked when they were completely natural with no parts added. He works with spiders, butterflies, cicadas, dragonflies, beetles, bees and wasps. They are displayed as if they have never been changed.