This series features organisms whose role in moderating the earth’s climate is often overlooked. Printed on 220gsm acid-free Fabriono Rosapina paper, limited edition, perfect for an art and science loving friend.
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Freshly pressed linocut and letterpress from Paekākāriki, New Zealand
This series features organisms whose role in moderating the earth’s climate is often overlooked. Printed on 220gsm acid-free Fabriono Rosapina paper, limited edition, perfect for an art and science loving friend.
Diatoms (Class Bacillariophyceae) are tiny single-celled photosynthetic that are found anywhere there is water – in the oceans, in lakes and rivers, in puddles and even on wet films on leaves. They often have highly ornamented silica cell walls that make them a favourite among microscopists. Despite their small size, they are numerous and have been estimated to account for nearly 20% of the biosphere’s photosynthetic carbon fixation.
Linocut print on 220 gsm acid-free Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Limited edition of 40.
Paper size is 340 x 500 mm. Print area is 275 x 355 mm.
Emiliania is a genus of Coccolithophorids, a group of marine plankton. Each single-celled individual is enclosed by ornate calcium carbonate scales. Massive blooms of coccoilithophorids leave thick deposits of calcium carbonate on the sea bed that fossilise into chalk – a major carbon sink.
Linocut print on 220 gsm acid-free Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Limited edition of 50.
Paper size is 340 x 500 mm. Print area is 255 x 410 mm.
Corallina officinalis
Corallina officinalis is a red marine algae with a worldwide distribution, including Aotearoa, New Zealand. It can be found on most rocky coasts. Coralline algae deposit calcium carbonate in their tissue, and are a major carbon sink.
Linocut print on 220 gsm acid-free Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Limited edition of 40.
Paper size is 340 x 500 mm. Print area is 290 x 390 mm.
Azolla is that reddish-green weed you often see floating on ponds. Surprisingly, it is an aquatic native fern. Azolla can grow profusely, thanks to a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial symbiont. Forty-nine million years ago an Azolla bloom began in the nearly landlocked Arctic Ocean. Studies suggest this “Azolla event” removed carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere, cooling the climate and triggering ice ages and the formation of polar ice caps.
Linocut print on 220 gsm acid-free Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Limited edition of 40.
Paper size is 330 x 490 mm. Print area is 255 x 410 mm.