Butterfly Bomb #15

When: October 2012

Where: Greensboro, North Carolina (Elsewhere Collaborative)

What: Scraps from the Elsewhere collection

the most intensive Butterfly Bomb yet.... this expanded "bomb" was the result of a month long artist residency at Elsewhere in Greensboro, NC.  It involved culling / creating real and imagined lepidoptera from the building's pre-existing collection.

More info can be found on the Elsewhere Lepidoptera Society's website.  Or, visit the project page. Or, check out the virtual visit:

Butterfly Bomb #14

When: October 2012

Where: Greensboro, North Carolina (Elsewhere Collaborative)

What: Dictionary Paper, Beeswax, Kip

Butterfly Bombing half a world away....

In Cape Town, South Africa! These abstract butterflies are also made of salvaged/recycled materials. Read more about them here at Koekalooks or on Heath Nash's Blog.

image citation: http://koekalooks.wordpress.com

Butterfly Bomb #11

When: February 2012

Where: Neighborhood Construction Site, ATX

What: Paper, Pins

Butterfly Bomb #9

When: 10pm, Feb. 24, 2012

Where: Medici Cafe on Congress

What: Paper, Pins

Just a few small colonies on the front patio...

Butterfly Bomb #8

When: Jan. 28, 2012

Where: Austin City Hall

What: Paper, Pins

Opening reception for the People's Gallery is Feb. 24, 6pm, City Hall.
More info can be found here.

Butterfly Bomb #7

When: Jan. 27, 2012, 5pm
Where: Alice's belly

What: Paper

Butterfly Bomb #6....

When: Jan. 21, 2012, 5pm
Where: Navasota @ East 6th.
What: Paper, polycarbonate, pins and paint

Butterfly Bomb #5

When: Dec. 2011
Where: Martha's Fridge, Oakland, CA.
What: Red Paper + Magnets

Butterfly Bomb #4

When: May 2011
Where: 8th and Congress
What: Paint

Butterfly Bomb #3

When: April 2011
Where: Navasota between 6th and 7th st.
What: Old Soda Cans

Butterfly Bomb #2

When: March 2011
Where: East 6th in front of the Uptown Sports Club
What: Old SXSW Show Posters

Butterfly Bomb #1

When: March 2011
Where: East 6th and Navasota
What: Old SXSW Show Posters

Related (childhood) Inspiration

The Very Hungry Catapillar

    *Note: This story involves poetic license. 

Hope for the Flowers