Biomimicry - nesting

Yesterday's encounter with a wasp got me thinking about wasp and hornet nests. I found some beautiful images online* of some amazing structures:

 

  

 

  

  

  

  

 

and then I found this:

 

  

Click through to the los osos design project to see some more lovely creations inspired by nature.


* I seem to have misplaced the image source links (oops! sorry ...)