Ant Hill Metal Art Work

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Ant hill metal art work.

Check out our ant hill selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our art objects shops. Shop for anthill art from the world s greatest living artists. Once the metal re hardens the sculpture is excavated and blasted using water to remove dirt and impurities. The world of ant hill art one of the weirder art that gained some attention after the 2000 s was anthill art which are metal casts of wild ant colonies usually of fire ants.

It involves pouring molten metal typically non toxic zinc or aluminum plaster or cement down an ant colony mound acting as a mold and upon hardening one excavates the resulting structure. Ant hill art is a growing collecting hobby. Of ants and aluminum. Other ants anthills were used but they can t compare with the size and volume of the fire ants colonies.

The most popular color. The revealing works of art are created by the pouring the molten liquid to fill the tunnels and chambers of the ant nests wiping out all of the insects inside. Also check out the new mushrooms casts. The most common anthill art material is metal.

All anthill artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30 day money back guarantee. This process captures the extreme detail of the tunnel and chamber structure of the colonies. In some cases this involves a great deal of digging. Choose your favorite anthill designs and purchase them as wall art home decor phone cases tote bags and more.

Before they are dug up it s brushed down and then mounted on a wooden base.