Title: Fragaria vesca, Wild strawberry
Materials: Beeswax, pesticide residues in the beeswax (piperonyl butoxide, fenpyroximate*, metolachlor*, azoxystrobin*, coumaphos, pyraclostrobin*, cyprodinil*, trifloxystrobin*, fluopyram* and atrazine), tinned copper wire, tissue paper, dressmaking beads, cotton thread, silk fabric, dry ground artists’ pigments, acrylic paints, acrylic varnish. .
. *These pesticide residues were also found on nearby strawberry flowers.
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This artwork is inspired by the scientific research of the New York State Beekeeper Tech Team and is created from wax samples collected and analysed by the Chemical Ecology Core Facility at Cornell University.
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