This Man Posted A Video Of His Unusual Creation And Became An Overnight Sensation!!

Insect Conservation Approval

Though the artist was receiving a huge amount of criticism from the viewers, people like Paul Hetherington, a spokesperson for the insect conservation organization Buglife came in his support. In an interview with local media, Paul said that he had no problem with the act that the artist did in the video if his claims of choosing an empty anthill are true. As the art was clearly useful in generating awareness among the people about the incredible lifestyle of ants and their skillful way of working while building colonies. But, he added that the art was a barbaric way of killing the ants too if they were present in the hill in which the man poured molten aluminum.

No Signs of Stopping

The reality is that the Anthill Art is gaining popularity day by day. It has managed to amass over 37,000 followers on Facebook which surely proves that people are liking the creative piece of work. See, one thing is for sure that the artist has come with an incredible way to display the beauty of nature. This also shows that though tiny , ants are amazing creatures and a lot can be learned from their way of living life and especially constructing systematic colonies for themselves to live and grow. The small number of people who criticized the art was in reality not proving to be that much of a threat to the popularity of the video.

The Artist

The creative artist who has received comments like,”You are disgusting…” and “A closet Jeffrey Dahmer,” was identified by Business Insider as David Gatlin. It was his video under the pseudonym Anthill Art which he posted on YouTube that made him famous.

Is It Really Unique?

The part where the controversy tends to set in the video is when Gatlin pours molten aluminum in the mount. This is also the part which makes the video unbelievable. Though this art has become popular after Gatlin’s idea of posting it on social media, he doesn’t shy away from the fact that the method of pouring metal is something that the landowners have been using in order to get rid of the nasty ants.

Just An Estimate…

Gatlin has been asked numerous times about the quantity required of molten metal required to cast a mound. He replies by saying,”… there’s no way to know exactly how much to use so I usually just estimate and then do a little more. If it’s a large hill, I’ll use max that I can melt (25lbs.), for a smaller hill I may do 10-15 lbs just to be safe.

Successful Run

The structure he created in the video described previously is not the only one he has done, as, he has even made 5 different castings in one go. Among those three proved to be a perfect cast whereas the other two were a fail.