ca, this happens every 17 years. The timing of this event is remarkable as they all begin to climb at around the same time. That is why Cicadas are a symbol of rebirth and transformation. The year 2023, was one of those 17-year events. “I have always striven to fix beauty in wood, stone, glass or pottery, in oil or watercolor by using whatever seemed fittest for the expression of beauty, that has been my creed.” - Louis Tiffany “Doing a craft takes hundreds of hours to perfect. It’s only an art when you dream about it, too.” - Shoosty®
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Shoosty® Year: 2023
Medium: Duplex Printed Ink on 18mm Silk Twill Size: 36” x 36”
A group of Shoosty® Cicadas bugs with stained glass bodies surrounding a Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) rosette win - dow. Tiffany was a famous American artist, designer and factory owner known for his innovative use of glass and color. You can see the rosette today at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum, Winter Park, Flor- ida. It came from Laurelton Hall (1902-57) as Tiffany’s personal residence and the most extensive project of the artist’s ca- reer. He filled it with some of his greatest works, mostly Art Nouveau. Tiffany died in 1933. The sprawling building was sold in 1946 and became abandoned. In 1957 a devastating fire gutted the property. Hugh and Jeannette McKean purchased the sal- vageable pieces and added them to their collection at the Morse Museum in Winter Park, Florida. For most of their lives, Cicadas live under- ground and suck on the roots of plants and trees. When they are ready to mate they climb up any nearby plant or structure and molt emerging with wings. In North Ameri -
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