Exploring artwork by two artists who similarly find merit in making remarkable work by combining forces.

This month we are exploring artwork created by unforeseen partnerships. Chef Bob and I have built a company around our collaboration and passion for food and design. And thus we are intrigued with those who similarly find merit in making remarkable work by combining forces.
Ava Roth \ Indigo Encaustic (#22)
Artist Ava Roth is taking collaboration to a new level. Instead of your typical human studio mate, Ava pairs with her backyard honeybees to create mixed media collages combining embroidery, beadwork, fabric, tree bark, and honeycomb. The Toronto-based artist builds artworks inside the comb frames, and the bees complete the pieces by encasing them in organic honeycomb patterns. The artist explains ?My intention is to celebrate the extraordinary work of the honeybee and match it with sewings that invoke their delicate and ephemeral comb. By placing the embroideries in hoops, I am also giving a nod to a tradition of women?s work. Since the working bees are all female ? and not making ?fine art?, the finished pieces are very much in the tradition of marginalized women?s work, and sewing in particular. Because both the bees work and traditional women?s work have been largely functional, their beauty and significance have been easily overlooked.?
Ava Roth \ Encaustic with Gold and Birch Bark (#25)
Ava Roth \ Turquoise and Birch Bark (#23)
Ava Roth \ Gold Inlay (#21...