Custom preserved-insect and watch-part keepsakes
Turn a personal watch into a tiny insect-machine sculpture
Insect Lab Studio / Mike Libby
Mike Libby combines preserved insect specimens with watch components and other small mechanical parts, presenting the resulting sculpture under glass. His studio explicitly invites commissions and describes incorporating a client’s broken watch or other personal mechanical material. The result is a commissioned physical keepsake, not a live insect or functioning robot.
Current location note / listed area: South Portland, Maine; physical sculpture commissions by inquiry
Confirm current commission acceptance, permitted specimens, provenance requirements, suitability of personal materials, display details and completion time directly. No species-sourcing, conservation, legality or mechanical-function assurance is made here. The commission site retains older copyright text; the artist’s reciprocal site and CV through2025 support continuing identity. News and gift-category fetches returned406 and were not retried. No onsite or wedding-specific service is established.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://insectlabstudio.com/
- https://insectlabstudio.com/contact/
- https://www.mikeplibby.com/about/
- https://www.mikeplibby.com/img/Mike-Libby-CV.pdf
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Maine · based
Actual current owned commission FAQ offers custom insect-and-mechanical assemblages. Its linked artist site reciprocally identifies Insect Lab as Mike Libby’s ongoing project and explicitly says he currently lives and works in South Portland; the owned CV with2025 work also names South PortlandME. Whole artist including byMikeLibby consolidated; shipping destinations and exhibition cities are not onsite coverage.