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Blue Appaloosa<p>Collection of all 12 keychain designs for <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a>! Species are in the alt text. </p><p>All but four are available in my Etsy shop, and those will be added soon.</p><p><a href="https://blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/FediGiftShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediGiftShop</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ArtShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtShop</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the last day of 2024, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InverteFest</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> wildcard: This linocut shows three fireflies (Photinus pyralis, the common eastern firefly or big dipper firefly) in a field against the night sky. These bioluminescent insects are the most common firefly in North America and they use the light organ on their abdomen to 🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/washi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washi</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/collage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collage</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fireflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fireflies</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bioluminescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioluminescence</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/glowInTheDark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glowInTheDark</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InverteFest2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InverteFest2024</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the final <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt “diving” and for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertefest</span></a> this is a hand-printed of the Paroster pallescens beetle, surface diving water beetle from Australia. It is printed on 8” x 8” Japanese paper.</p><p>Paroster is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae. I really liked the look of this beetle and the amazing diversity of this genus of Australian diving beetles!</p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1793686974" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/179</span><span class="invisible">3686974</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetle</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/divingBeetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divingBeetle</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insertAnInvert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insertAnInvert</span></a> a print about how monarch butterflies who are fooled into laying eggs on the invasive dog-strangling vine (European swallowwort, Vincetoxicum rossicum) due to its similarities to its host plant milkweed are cursed to hatch larvae which starve and die. Dog-strangling vine unlike milkweed doesn’t serve as a food source for the caterpillars, 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/monarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchButterfly</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/urbanEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanEcology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/speciesAtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speciesAtRisk</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insertAnInvert2024</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Another 2024 print for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insertAnInvert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insertAnInvert</span></a>: made for the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt is crawler, about shellfish who can drag themselves over surface like the spectacularly coloured lined chitons (Tonicella lineata), beautiful, tiny marine mollusc of the North Pacific. I don’t usually make reduction prints but I think I might otherwise loose my mind trying to capture the complex patterns.</p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1686961917" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/168</span><span class="invisible">6961917</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Tonicella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tonicella</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrate</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chiton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chiton</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Another invertebrate for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertefest2024</span></a>: made for the coastal <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt “sand” - an anemone who can move over sand. This is a wandering sea anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa) or swimming anemone, is a species of venomous sea anemone in the family Actiniidae native to sheltered reefs of shallow seas around Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/anemone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anemone</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/oceanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanLife</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrate</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InverteFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InverteFest</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Bonus <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertefest</span></a> &amp;<a href="https://spore.social/tags/crustmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crustmas</span></a> print made for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> 🦀 Time after time shrimp like crustaceans have evolved crablike forms (through a process called carcinization) and do a good job of pretending to be crabs, but this odd looking fellow is the real deal, a true crab. My red frog crab (Ranina ranina), also known as a spanner crab or Huỳnh Đế crab, is … 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/crustacean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crustacean</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/crab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crab</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/frogCrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frogCrab</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spannerCrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spannerCrab</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Ranina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ranina</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt flyer, and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertefest</span></a> this final week of the year: my kaleidoscope of butterflies. Kaleidoscope is the wonderful name or term of venery for a group of butterflies so I designed this print to match the symmetrical images you can see in a kaleidoscope. There are three each of the orange Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella), 🧵1/2<br>⠀<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsofvenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>termsofvenery</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Bonus <a href="https://spore.social/tags/artAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artAdventCalendar</span></a>: For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt jumper: This is a small little handprinted linocut print of a red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum), one of the most common grasshoppers in North America, these are the most commonly seen grasshoppers in the northern US and southern Canada. Reddish-brown on their backs, yellow-green below, they are named for their orangy-red legs. 🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/grasshopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasshopper</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrate</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Day 15 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a>: The third <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt for deep sea month is abyssal - the lightless, extreme pressure and low oxygen zone 4 to 6 km below the surface. So I made a lino block print of a charming Grimpoteuthis octopus, one of a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. The fins reminded scientists of ears on the elephant in Disney’s 1941 film Dumbo. 🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/dumboOctopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dumboOctopus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/abyssal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abyssal</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Grimpoteuthis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grimpoteuthis</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Though most closely related to octopods it is the only surviving memeber of its own order Vampyromorphida. It survives in the deep sea thanks to bioluminescent organs and its unique slow oxygen metabolism. Made for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1756971456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/175</span><span class="invisible">6971456</span></a></p><p>🧵2/2</p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Day 12 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a>: made for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea, printed in blues, turquoise, violet and pink on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.</p><p>These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PortugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortugueseManOWar</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertegrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertegrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siphonophore</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Day 8 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a>: an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa I made for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a>!</p><p>Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/velvetWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>velvetWorm</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrate</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Day 5 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a>: What’s inside this cigar box? A black smoker - with giant tube worms (Riftia pachyptila) for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a>. I’ve had the idea for this <a href="https://spore.social/tags/multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multimedia</span></a> in my head for years! Cigar box, collaged papers, gouache, Posca pen, glue, washi tape.</p><p>I’ve never had the opportunity to go on a research cruise to a hydrothermal vent, though I have contributed to plans for monitoring 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/hydrothermalVent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrothermalVent</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/marineGeophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marineGeophysics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/marineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> day 3 my final hand-printed lino block print with gel plate printed areas is about Coronula diadema, a barnacle which specializes in humpback and some other baleen whales for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a>. Each print is 20.3 cm x 20.3 cm (8” x 8”) on lovely Japanese mulberry paper and shows the humpback whale swimming above and a close up of the whale below with six barnacles. 🧵1/3</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/barnacles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barnacles</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/humpbackWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humpbackWhale</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/reliefPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reliefPrint</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>This December <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> is about <a href="https://spore.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> motion. The first prompt is scuttler, about “early” insects who didn’t evolve flight. So I made a tiny <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum). It got its common name from its colour and its fishlike movements. </p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/silverfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silverfish</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>every day until New Year’s. I made this print for the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt intertidal in mind. My Lino block print of two Pisaster ochraceus, generally known as the purple sea star, ochre sea star, or ochre starfish, on a bed of kelp, is hand-printed on delicate white Japanese paper with bark inclusions. A common sea star, or starfish of the Pacific, it is a keystone species considered an indicator of health in the intertidal zone. 🧵2/</p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>An extra jellyfish for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> Blobmonth!</p><p>Maybe I should make this print into fabric? 🤔🪼</p><p>You can find some of my other jellies on fabric here:</p><p><a href="https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/17305754-discomedusa-dance-by-minouette" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spoonflower.com/en/fabric/1730</span><span class="invisible">5754-discomedusa-dance-by-minouette</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jellyfish</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/patternDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patternDesign</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>The Blobfest <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt Blobbagedon is about invasion jellies and the tiny “immortal” jellyfish Turritopsis is believed to be spreading across the world through ballast water discharge in a sort of silent invasion. While not known to be causing problems like many invasive species they have got everywhere! 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/228161507" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/228</span><span class="invisible">161507</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jellyfish</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For Blobfest <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsertAnInvert2024</span></a> prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.</p><p>These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1664787693" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/166</span><span class="invisible">4787693</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PortugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortugueseManOWar</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertegrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertegrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siphonophore</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printersolstice2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printersolstice2024</span></a></p>
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