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Laughing Mantis Studio

Art inspired by biology, created by a biologist

  • The Art of Daniel D. Brown, Ph.D.
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New project progress. Geek crossroads. Not even ha New project progress. Geek crossroads. Not even half done. Also nothing is actually attached yet (also shop lighting shadows suck). Still have some playing around to do. I think I have like 17 designed, with maybe 2 more still to design, and another couple dozen I would love to add if it wouldn’t end up like 15 feet tall. I’ll probably have to cull some as it is. 😂 But I still need Druidia (for @tam_a_ryn. She’s a huge Spaceballs fan, which she saw before Star Wars. The “Aspen” is for her too 😂). And Hill Valley (Back to the Future) for sure. What would you add for your own dorky crossroads signs? … #geekart #scrollsawart #woodworking
Congratulations to Dr. Osama Shiraz Shah @osamashi Congratulations to Dr. Osama Shiraz Shah @osamashiraz for successfully defending his PhD “Multi-omic profiling of E-cadherin deficient breast cancers and their in-vitro models towards enabling precision medicine”! I have zero doubt you’re gonna be one successful scientist. I’ve now made like a dozen of these plaques for students graduating from the @leeoesterreichlab. This one was cut on scrollsaw from sapele, yellowheart, crabapple (from next to our old work building), and curly maple. … #woodworker #scrollsaw #graduationgift #diysigns
We have a little patio table that I literally pick We have a little patio table that I literally picked up off the side of the road years ago. A few weeks ago I looked at it and thought “I should replace that with a handmade table.” So here we are. Designed in consult with @tam_a_ryn. The top and shelf are walnut scavenged from a tree someone cut beneath a power line in our hood years ago. Legs are scrollsawed and hand-carved sapele. The top is inlayed with a scrollsawed sunflower intarsia made of walnut, mahogany, bloodwood, and yellowheart, and inlayed with router and chisels. Finished with @odiesoil … #woodworking #instarsia #scrollsaw #patiofurniture #diyfurniture #homedecor
If you haven’t been following my stories, I’m If you haven’t been following my stories, I’m making a porch table from mahogany, firewood black walnut top, and a bunch of species to make in inlayed sunflower. This is just some super boring asmr from carving on the legs. … #woodworking #woodcarving #diyfurniture
I’m just zis guy, you know? I’m just zis guy, you know?
Over a decade ago I was into CGI (computer art usi Over a decade ago I was into CGI (computer art using Blender), making a series of artworks depicting ocean creatures in absurd land habitats (you can see them if you scroll down for like an hour). At the time I decided I should have an absurd studio name. “Laughing Mantis Studio” just popped into my head. For some reason I thought imagining what an amused mantid would look like (how would you even tell?!) was funny. It stuck. I redesigned my logo years ago after picking up woodworking and it also just sort of stuck and become part of me. I thought I wanted to be an artist in my young life. But I was immersed in biology and nature likely within months of being born, having grown up in rural Texas and then the Ozarks of Arkansas. I’ve felt a connection with nature and a desire to understand how it works for as long as I have memories. Thanks to some great teachers (and a dislike of making art that other people ask me to make), I ended up followed this calling in biology - through many different disciplines from rattlesnake radio-tracking to cardiogenesis, evo-devo, and now breast cancer biology. But I never really stopped making things. I’ve gone through many artistic phases - graphite, watercolor, sculpture, CGI, music (very bad), novel-writing (very very bad), pastels, oil painting, and now woodworking. This is the longest I’ve stuck with 1 medium (like 6-7 years now?), which has also been the most rewarding - probably because of the sheer physicality and tangibility of the end result. It’s a necessary outlet after thinking about and working with cancer cells all day every day for a decade. Anyway, I’ve made a lot of plaques and signs for people. But never for myself. So here it is. Kinda pointless since I don’t sell or take commissions. I don’t want a business. Maybe in retirement. But as an admitted vanity project, it makes me happy to have it now. Made from hickory, curly maple, wormy walnut, holly, wenge, yellowheart, padauk, sapele, bloodwood, and some green spirit dye. … #woodworking
Happy home-ownership @gabbuccino8 and Tim! You may Happy home-ownership @gabbuccino8 and Tim! You may notice a little imperfection in one corner of your board. This is why 😂😂🤦‍♂️ Made from black walnut, African padauk, maple, and cherry.
Yes I spent 30 seconds using a suggested template Yes I spent 30 seconds using a suggested template for this reel. Who’s got time to edit a reels (aside from y’all actually running a business)? 😂 Anyway. I’ve made signs and plaques for tons of people. But somehow never for myself. So I’m making my logo, which will likely get buried in sawdust in the corner of my shop. But I think seeing it regularly might give me at least a tiny boost to go out there. This is basically a photo dump of what I’ve been posting in stories. … #tiredofhashtags
Finished up these propagation tube holders (and ad Finished up these propagation tube holders (and added 2 more). Pretty simple, but that was a fun little use of some scrap chunks. … #propagationstation #plantsmakepeoplehappy #diyhomedecor #woodworking #scrollsaw
I’ve made propagation tube holders once before, I’ve made propagation tube holders once before, but I decided I needed to use up some more random little chunks of wood I had lying around taking up space. If you wanna see some some truly gorgeous similar pieces, (and perhaps buy one?) go check out the ones @sarah.sawdust makes! She has some pretty sweet designs. These three aren’t actually finished. Not currently for sale. No commissions. … #plantpropagation #propagationtubes #homedecor #greenthumb #woodworking #scrollsaw #scrollsawart
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