{"id":1103,"date":"2012-08-06T23:18:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T06:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2012-08-06T23:18:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T06:18:01","slug":"the-metal-mantids-of-geoffrey-haberman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"The Metal Mantids of Geoffrey Haberman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographer and artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/geoffhaberman\/sets\/72157603848670020\/\">Goeffrey Haberman<\/a> creates these articulated mantids by hand using only brass bar stock. He&#8217;s made a small army of these species-specific sculptures over the years, and they&#8217;re mandible-droppingly intricate and expressive. Like the real mantids that inspired them, they are full of arresting character. The wings are etched with acid, but otherwise made only with hand tools like fret saws and files. Here&#8217;s just a few from his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/geoffhaberman\/\">flickr site<\/a>. I could stare at them all day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1114\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1114\" title=\"haberman_Idolomantis diabolica adult\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Idolomantis-diabolica-adult.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Idolomantis-diabolica-adult.jpg 591w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Idolomantis-diabolica-adult-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idolomantis diabolica adult male<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1104\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1104\" class=\" wp-image-1104\" title=\"haberman_Blepharopsis mendica nymph\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Blepharopsis-mendica-nymph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Blepharopsis-mendica-nymph.jpg 640w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Blepharopsis-mendica-nymph-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blepharopsis mendica nymph<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1116\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116\" class=\" wp-image-1116\" title=\"haberman_Schizocephala bicornis adult1\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Schizocephala-bicornis-adult1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Schizocephala-bicornis-adult1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Schizocephala-bicornis-adult1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schizocephala bicornis adult<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1111\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111\" class=\" wp-image-1111\" title=\"haberman_Schizocephala bicornis adult2\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Schizocephala-bicornis-adult2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Schizocephala-bicornis-adult2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Schizocephala-bicornis-adult2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schizocephala bicornis adult<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1105\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1105\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"haberman_Choerododis rhombifolia adult\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Choerododis-rhombifolia-adult.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Choerododis-rhombifolia-adult.jpg 583w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Choerododis-rhombifolia-adult-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choerododis rhombifolia adult<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1113\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1113\" class=\" wp-image-1113\" title=\"haberman_Solygia sulcatifrons adult\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Solygia-sulcatifrons-adult.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Solygia-sulcatifrons-adult.jpg 640w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Solygia-sulcatifrons-adult-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solygia sulcatifrons adult male<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1110\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1110\" class=\" wp-image-1110\" title=\"haberman_Phyllovates chlorophea nymph2\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Phyllovates-chlorophea-nymph2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Phyllovates-chlorophea-nymph2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Phyllovates-chlorophea-nymph2-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllovates chlorophea nymph<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1109\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1109\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1109\" title=\"haberman_Phyllovates chlorophea nymph1\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Phyllovates-chlorophea-nymph1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Phyllovates-chlorophea-nymph1.jpg 545w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Phyllovates-chlorophea-nymph1-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllovates chlorophea nymph<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1115\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1115\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1115\" title=\"haberman_Idolomorpha lateralis adult\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Idolomorpha-lateralis-adult.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Idolomorpha-lateralis-adult.jpg 428w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Idolomorpha-lateralis-adult-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idolomorpha lateralis adult male<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1112\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\" wp-image-1112\" title=\"haberman_Solygia sulcatifrons adult male\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Solygia-sulcatifrons-adult-male.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Solygia-sulcatifrons-adult-male.jpg 640w, http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/haberman_Solygia-sulcatifrons-adult-male-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solygia sulcatifrons adult male<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*swoon* <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-681\" title=\"z end\" src=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/insectgod_Vtiny.jpg\" alt=\"z end\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographer and artist Goeffrey Haberman creates these articulated mantids by hand using only brass bar stock. He&#8217;s made a small army of these species-specific sculptures over the years, and they&#8217;re mandible-droppingly intricate and expressive. Like the real mantids that inspired &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=1103\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[457,197],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-geoffrey-haberman","tag-mantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}