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Topic: Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum
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Sojourning_Soul

Fri 12/13/13 04:25 AM


An amazing sculpture is made by pouring molten aluminum into a fire ant colony. The resulting cast is huge, weighing 17.9 lbs. and reaching a depth of 18 inches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJ2jMZ-gaI

See some detailed pictures of the resulting display at
http://www.anthillart.com/castings/043/
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sybariticguy

Fri 12/13/13 05:17 AM

thanks i aways wanted to see the interior you are quite creative...
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oldhippie1952

Fri 12/13/13 05:26 AM

How did the fire ants feel about this? grumble
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willing2

Fri 12/13/13 07:48 AM

They were given 24 hours notice to vacate.

Cool art!
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luvmeforlife

Fri 12/13/13 09:42 AM

lol i saw this on FB yesterday and then spent the next hour youtubing other ant casting colonies. So freaking awesome!