Huntress

A female Tenodera sinensis praying mantis. Her raptorial forelegs are articulated at the shoulder and wrist, allowing her needle-sharp claws to be sheathed or exposed. Tiny embedded rare-earth magnets hold her claws folded, making a satisfying click as her forelegs snap into place. Her head also swivels on a rare-earth magnet, mimicking the mantis’s unique capability, in the insect world, to turn its head 180 degrees. Her waist also pivots gently left and right.

Thirteen pieces of cast bronze assembled with nuts, bolts, and five rare-earth magnets. Bronze wire antennae.