Molten Aluminum Ant Hill
This is the largest fire ant colony cast to date by mass and depth.
Molten aluminum ant hill. Aluminum castings of ant colonies of fire ants carpenter ants and others by anthill art. Casting molten aluminum into anthills is definitely not an original idea but i still wanted to try it. The aluminum pouring got a little sloppy on this cast and the grass caught on fire but the cast turned out amazing. Anthill art pours aluminum into anthills and lets it harden.
Humans often use poisons to get rid of these ants to protect their home and property but one artist is using something different. Pamela mintari 1 238 557 views. When you normally cast aluminum into sand with a foam mold the most exciting moment is when you first pull it out and see if it worked or not. Casting ant colonies and doing other stuff i took a little break 2 years but i m back and plan to keep uploading somewhat regularly.
The sculpture is then excavated. Also check out the new mushrooms casts. Pouring molten aluminum into a fire ant hill featured 08 26 2014 in animals nature casting a fire ant colony with molten aluminum. Molten aluminum has many uses but the strangest might be anthill art s gruesomely beautiful sculptures.
When doing this with anthills it is even more exciting. This process captures the extreme detail of the tunnel and chamber structure of the colonies. The aluminum is carefully poured into the top of.