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This series revolves around the material graphene.  Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite, is two hundred times stronger than steel.  It can be produced by applying a speck of graphite to a piece of tape, and sticking and unsticking the tape until a thin film is produced.  

I used the same process to create these drawings, layering graphite-coated tape to create value changes on white paper.  I used images from entomology to parallel the dual properties of smallness and strength.  Silk Moths and Security Codes

  Silk Moths and Security Codes
Dung Beetle on Code
After Sol in Graphene
Silk is Stronger Than Steel
Stable Structure in Ants
Not So Delicate Ant Study
 
           
        All images Copyright 2013, Melanie Kehoss