Diatom Press

Freshly pressed linocut and letterpress from Paekākāriki, New Zealand

Emiliania huxleyi

NZ$95.00
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Emiliania huxleyi

NZ$95.00

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.

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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.