'Daedalus' Lament' 2011
2011
Haiku:
'Tread softly engineer;
you can't lock horns
with outraged nature
... and win.'
Daedalus was the fabled engineer who created the Labyrinth after helping the queen to mate with a bull and giving birth to the Minotaur. As a punsihment he was locked in a high tower with his son. he escaped on wings of feathers and wax but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and perished.
2011
Tampering with nature can be dangerous and have unforeseen consequences. This is a warning to beware of over reliance on technology, in particular of genetic modification.
Haiku:
'Tread softly engineer;
you can't lock horns
with outraged nature
... and win.'
Daedalus was the fabled engineer who created the Labyrinth after helping the queen to mate with a bull and giving birth to the Minotaur. As a punsihment he was locked in a high tower with his son. he escaped on wings of feathers and wax but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and perished.
2011
Tampering with nature can be dangerous and have unforeseen consequences. This is a warning to beware of over reliance on technology, in particular of genetic modification.
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Mixed media (acrylic, laquer, bone, eggshells, string and feathers) on board within black wood floating frame. 770 x 770 mm. £550.00
'Daedalus' Lament' 2011
2011
Haiku:
'Tread softly engineer;
you can't lock horns
with outraged nature
... and win.'
Daedalus was the fabled engineer who created the Labyrinth after helping the queen to mate with a bull and giving birth to the Minotaur. As a punsihment he was locked in a high tower with his son. he escaped on wings of feathers and wax but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and perished.
2011
Tampering with nature can be dangerous and have unforeseen consequences. This is a warning to beware of over reliance on technology, in particular of genetic modification.
Haiku:
'Tread softly engineer;
you can't lock horns
with outraged nature
... and win.'
Daedalus was the fabled engineer who created the Labyrinth after helping the queen to mate with a bull and giving birth to the Minotaur. As a punsihment he was locked in a high tower with his son. he escaped on wings of feathers and wax but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and perished.
2011
Tampering with nature can be dangerous and have unforeseen consequences. This is a warning to beware of over reliance on technology, in particular of genetic modification.
Ref:
Date completed:
Location:
Photographer:
Buy now using PayPal:
Mixed media (acrylic, laquer, bone, eggshells, string and feathers) on board within black wood floating frame. 770 x 770 mm. £550.00
'Daedalus' Lament' 2011
2011
Haiku:
'Tread softly engineer;
you can't lock horns
with outraged nature
... and win.'
Daedalus was the fabled engineer who created the Labyrinth after helping the queen to mate with a bull and giving birth to the Minotaur. As a punsihment he was locked in a high tower with his son. he escaped on wings of feathers and wax but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and perished.
2011
Tampering with nature can be dangerous and have unforeseen consequences. This is a warning to beware of over reliance on technology, in particular of genetic modification.
Haiku:
'Tread softly engineer;
you can't lock horns
with outraged nature
... and win.'
Daedalus was the fabled engineer who created the Labyrinth after helping the queen to mate with a bull and giving birth to the Minotaur. As a punsihment he was locked in a high tower with his son. he escaped on wings of feathers and wax but his son Icarus flew too close to the sun and perished.
2011
Tampering with nature can be dangerous and have unforeseen consequences. This is a warning to beware of over reliance on technology, in particular of genetic modification.
Ref:
Date completed:
Location:
Photographer:
Buy now using PayPal:
Mixed media (acrylic, laquer, bone, eggshells, string and feathers) on board within black wood floating frame. 770 x 770 mm. £550.00
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