If you’ve ever wondered where the ants go when they scurry down their holes, check out these plaster casts of ant colonies. Incredible stuff, from the flat, round chambers to the vertical helical shafts connecting them.
(Found on Boing Boing)
Filling ant colonies with plaster. Not just for fun anymore
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#1 by patrick austin - May 23rd, 2006 at 12:50
And, you have to wonder, how many bazillion ants died in a flaming mass to make these casts?
#2 by J0hnnyB - May 23rd, 2006 at 13:21
Yeah, and how many ant carcasses are embedded in the plaster?
#3 by Bill - May 24th, 2006 at 01:34
I’ve seen this before, he uses a low-temp melting metal to make the original cast, then makes a plaster copy from that.
The ant-hills are really quite amazing when you consider that they’re just ants working in the dark.
quite nifty indeed.
#4 by J0hnnyB - May 24th, 2006 at 14:11
Ah, that makes much more sense. Liquid plaster seemed too thick to be pouring down any ant holes.