Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel
Electrolytically etched, hand formed
6 cm diameter x 0.6 cm
Created as a silver version of a mutation in giant clamshells due to acidification. The top layer was based on the drawing of the microscopic sea creature “Spongocyclia Cycloides, Haeckel” in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862.
DMO: Design Modified Organisms.
Haeckel’s drawing from 1862
Drawing used for etch pattern