Cultural Activity

After seeing Heather Edwards photography this inspired me to take my own photographs of flowers whilst on holiday in Whitby, and whilst taking pictures I was lucky enough to capture images of bees pollinating the flowers. This prompted me to start looking into bugs, such as bees, beetles, butterflies etc.

My own visual inspiration images

I developed this idea further by visiting Manor Heath Jungle Experience where there was a wide range of interesting plants that you wouldn’t necessarily find outdoors in England. They also had a butterfly world section which was fascinating, seeing the butterflies and cocoons up close.

I then remembered that the Manchester Museum has a whole section of taxidermy zoology, and insect specimens. So I made this my primary visit to collect accurate information to develop my drawings from.