“Insect Lab,” – and do pardon me, but I can’t improve on the artist’s statement – “is an artist operated studio that customizes real insects with antique watch parts and electronic components.” So ...

Mike Libby uses the carapaces of real insects to create tiny, mechanical works of art. They look like they could be part of a new insect-driven A.I. Not only does Libby’s work adorn a new anthology of ...

Above you see a real beetle, lovingly implanted with clockwork watch parts. Mike Libby, of Insect Lab (no relation), got the idea in a typically serendipitous style: One day I found a dead intact ...