Project Type: Radiolarian
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Argentium Sterling Heliodiscus Phacodiscus Earrings
Inspired by the microscopic sea creatures in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862. Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished 3.5 cm diameter x 6.5 cm x 0.7 cm Argentium sterling silver layers. Stainless steel fasteners with handmade sterling silver spacers and niobium ear wires. Argentium silver is a low tarnish sterling silver. Niobium is a hypo-allergenic metal.…
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Heliodiscus Phacodiscus DMO Earrings Titanium & Argentium
The earrings were inspired by the microscopic sea creatures in Ernst Haeckel’s radiolarian drawings from 1862 of a zooplankton. Hand drawn, laser cut, hand finished3.5 cm diameter x 6.5 cm x 0.7 cm Titanium front layer and argentium silver back layer. Stainless steel fasteners with handmade sterling silver spacers and niobium ear wires. Argentium sterling silver…
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Radiolarian C. H. Muller
Necklace Electrolytic etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 47 x 49 x 9 mm The necklace represents a Collosphaera Huxleyi Müller radiolarian, a microscopic sea creature which I’ve scaled up to bring attention to it and the wearer. The radiolarian is based on one of Ernst Haeckel’s drawings in his 1862 book “Art…
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Radiolarian Trio C.H. Müller
Necklace Electrolytic etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 4.4 x 4.5 x 0.9 cm (1.7 x 1.8 x 0.3″) The necklace represents a Collosphaera Huxleyi Müller radiolarian, a microscopic sea creature which I’ve scaled up to bring attention to it and the wearer. The radiolarian is based on one of Ernst Haeckel’s drawings…
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Prototype Impetus Collosphaera Spinosa DMO
Art Object Electrolytic etched, hand formed Brass, nickel silver, copper 5.5 cm diameter x 1.1 cm The prototype piece to determine if breakthrough etching was a viable process for bringing the Radiolaria Series to life. Based on Ernst Haeckel’s drawing of this microscopic sea creature which sat on my workbench for years as I mulled…
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Collosphaera Cordova DMO
PendantReversibleElectrolytically etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel5 cm diameter x 0.7 cm (2 x 2 x 0.3″) Imaginary companion to the microscopic sea organisms drawn by Ernst Haeckel in 1862 at the Strait of Messina. Reversible pendant. The stainless steel fasteners act as scaffolding for the deconstructed creature, and double as a hidden…
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Volcanic Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO
Necklace Electrolytically etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 5.3 x 5.4 x 1 cm Volcanic human induced eruptions have modified the surface of the microscopic sea organism drawn by Ernst Haeckel in 1862 at the Strait of Messina. The stainless steel fasteners act as scaffolding for the deconstructed creature, and double as a…
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Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Octo Earrings
Sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytic etch, hand formed 3.2 cm diameter x 0.6 cm each A microscopic sea creature was design modified and deconstructed into 3 layers to represent the industrialization and mutations of even tiny sea creatures due to human effects on the environment. Stainless steel nuts and bolts are the scaffolding that holds…
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Collosphaera Huxleyi, Müller DMO Earrings
Sterling silver, stainless steel Electrolytic etch, hand formed 3.5 cm diameter x 0.7 cm each A microscopic sea creature was design modified and deconstructed into 3 layers to represent the industrialization and mutations of even tiny sea creatures due to human effects on the environment. Stainless steel nuts and bolts are the scaffolding that holds…
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Impetus: Collosphaera Spinosa DMO
Necklace Electrolytic etched, hand formed Recycled sterling silver, stainless steel 5.3 cm diameter x 0.6 cm The impetus for the Radiolaria Series. Ernst Haeckel’s drawing of this microscopic sea creature sat on my workbench for years as I mulled over how to create what I’d envisioned in my head in an eco-friendly manner.