Our Fate is Tied To That of the Insects

Our Fate is Tied To That of The Insects, 16" x 20" linocut print by Ele Willoughby

 

I made this print for Manufactured Ecosystems, and people keep asking me if I could sell them one, so I finally got around to making a small series of them and putting them in my shop. These are quite labour-intensive and involve using 17 different blocks, so I made a slightly variable series rather than a strict edition, but you have a chance to get one now. 

I'm thinking of also having some archival reproductions made which I can offer at a more affordable price point, if people would like them. That way I can maybe reach more people with my pro-pollinator propaganda!

The Future of Pollination Artist's Talk for Manufactured Ecosystems

My full artist's talk for the Future of Pollination art show for Manufactured Ecosystems is available here: Everything you ever wanted to know about my art about bees, and more ;)

The Future of Pollination - Manufactured Ecosystems

 

Our Fate Is Tied To That Of The Insects, linocut print, 16" x20", Ele Willoughby, 2025

Pollinator Week is a great time to share this print, which expresses the central theme of my work about the Future of Pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems. I have been working on a collection of 15 prints for this show for the last several months. Our food sources and ecosystems around us are dependent on pollinators (mostly bees & other insects, some birds & mammals) but insects populations have lost huge numbers and many species altogether. Our future will be linked to their fate. Each of the bees, moths, butterflies and beetles in my print are native species here. 

Next week our art show will open at Zavitz Art Gallery at the University of Guelph. Each of the visual artists has produced work on various themes in various media about our ecological future looking forward the wake of climate change and habitat loss and at what we can learn from nature. I’m really excited to see what the others have produced! I hope you’ll come see the show if you’re able. 

Photosynthesis
Artist: Yulia Shtern @magical_zoo

Soil Formation
Artist: Lynx @amour.lynx

Cultural Services
Artist: Pablo Rios @the_amazing_world_of_redacted

Biodiversity
Artist: Melanie Barnett
@melanie.barnett.ceramics

Climate Regulation
Artist: Amanda White @thetiniestseed