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myrmepropagandist
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Ant Ceramic Art on Etsy:

There are some really excellent pieces of art. Maaan if I were a rich person with a house with a place to put a $600 vase I know exactly which vase I would have. :

https://www.etsy.com/listing/8838238/ant-picnic-6x6-ceramic-art-tile
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1661330421/stunning-casas-grandes-mata-ortiz-olla
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4393721145/ceramic-sgraffito-bowl-with-ants?

I just wanted someone else to look at the nice ant art. Maybe it will inspire YOU to make ant art.

Is a house really a home without some ants?

A very fine painted decorative "Mata Ortiz" vase made by Guadalupe Gallegos. It is very smooth and wide with a narrow opening at the top. The motif is ants on a red background. They also cluster enthusiastically around the white rim.

On the bottom of the base is a larger ant, the queen. She has wings. This reminds me of my Dorymyrmex colony where the queen kept her wings for years.

myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

I found another remarkable ant vase. This one has a charming surprise inside.

It's a harvester ant!

Is it silly to have an ant making bread? I assure it is not. Harvester ants crush the seeds they find and make them into a paste known as "ant bread" I suppose they don't bake it though...

Vase by Patricia Jones Jemez of Pueblo NM. She made many ant themed vases.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4302231513/jemez-pueblo-pottery-storytelling-ant

A traditional red, beige, black and white southwestern american vase. The pattern is a simple hand painted ant harvesting wheat with a basket on her back.

Turning the pot you see the same ant making the bread into a tortilla.

The ant fires the bread in a wood fired oven.

When you look inside the vase you see the ant eating the tortilla.