Bees' Healing Art - Honey Canvas sourced by Vasilisa Kameneva

I find Propolised cloth in beekeeping an artwork by nature itself or to be precise by Nature's most famous pollinators - bees, hardworking golden helicopters.The markings left by the process of honey and wax making is a meaningful, natural record of a life's work and cycle, sourced by curator Vasilisa Kameneva from Perm, a city south of the Ural mountains in the Western part of Russia, whose father is an avid beekeeper.The role that these flying insects play in the ecosystem is enormous given that 1/3 of the human food supply depends on it and even more fascinating is the long-lasting relationship humans have with ant's brothers and sisters. Collecting honey from wild bees dates to 15,000 years ago, when efforts to domesticate them are shown in Egyptian art around 4,500 years ago where jars of honey were found in the tombs of pharaohs such as Tutankhamun.Not only these canvases look good, smell good, they are also healing. These can be used in a myriad of ways:as a primary canvas to create new workas a finished sweet-smelling piece in its own right, reputable to hang on the walls of your homeas a healing cloth in banya or sauna (by breathing in and laying on the canvas)All canvases are one of a kind measuring 87 x 46 cm each.How these are created: A heavy canvas cloth placed directly on the top bars keeps the bees from building burr comb above the frames. When working the bees, the canvas can be gently folded back from one side or the other, keeping the rest of the bees calm and in the dark. The workers propolize the cloth, thereby adding an antibacterial barrier just above the brood nest.