Study #3 'Postcard' shrine, 2018
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Figured black cherry (Prunus serotina), Basswood (Tilia americana), 23K gold leaf, Japanese book cloth, Venus comb (Murex pecten), Brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians), juvenile Dungeness crab (Cancer magister), Pearl turbo (Turbo), Seahorse (Hippocampus), Limpet (Patellidae), Brown auger turritella (Turritella), Ram's horn squid (Spirula spirula), Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus), Pixie scallops (Pecten pyxidata), Thorny phos (Phos centicosus), Pearl umbonium (Umbonium), Deep water tibia (Tibia powisi), Black lip (Pinctada margaritifera), Red-breasted triton (Cymatium rubeculum), Spurred turban (Astralium calcar), Auger shell (Cerithium sulcata), Strawberry clanculus (Clanculus puniceus), Venetian pearl trocus (Trocus niloticus), Fish vertebrae, Starfish (Asteroidea), Ribbed trochus, Fan coral, Pearls, Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba).
Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra), Tiger maple (Acer saccharum), Ebony, 23K gold leaf, Nepalese Lokta paper, Keta salmon jaw (Oncorhynchus keta), Paper nautilus (Argonauta hians), Red branch coral (Corallium rubrum), Tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus), Dungeness crab (Cancer magister), Bumblebee (Bombus), Jewel beetles (Sternocera aequisignata, Actenodes alluaudi), Guatemalan blue beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus), Tiger sea urchin spines (Echinoidea), Starfish (Asteroidea), Ram's Horn squid (Spirula spirula), Kangaroo beetles (Sagra logicollis), Blue eumolpus beetles (Chrysochus asclepiadeus), Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).
Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra), Pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata), 23K gold leaf, Burmese silk, Japanese bookcloth, Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Tamarack (Larax occidentalis), Douglas Fir (Psuedotsuga menzeisii), Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium), Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum), Silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus), Mountain alder (Alnus incana), Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina), Pepperweed (Lepidium campestre), Pink wintergreen (pyrola asarifolia), Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), Yellow salsify (Tragopogon dubius), Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus), wasp nest, jaw. Star map: Madagascar ebony (Diospyros perrieri), 23K gold leaf.
Western redcedar (Thuja plicata), Basswood (Tilia americana), Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra), Chinese silk, 23K gold leaf, copper leaf, black shellac (Kerria lacca), Aurora morpho (Morpho aurora), Common blue morpho (Morpho helenor), Madagascar Sunset Moth (Urania ripheus),Tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus, f); Malaysian moon moth (Actias maenas), Albino luna moth (Actias luna?), Tailed sulphur (Phoebis neocypris), Aulestes doctor (Ancyluris aulestes), miscellaneous wings.
Black cherry (Prunus serotina), Balkan amber, pyrope almandine garnets, silk moire, brass, Rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa). Racoon (Procyon lotor), Eight-spotted skimmer dragonfly (Libellula forensis), Bumblebee (Bombus vandykei? f), Honey bees (Apis mellifera), Beard lichen (Usnea).
Northern California claro walnut (Juglans hindsii); Venus flower basket glass sponge (Euplectella aspergillum), Japanese book cloth, 23K gold leaf, Screw turritella (Turritella terebra), Orange auger (Oxymeris dimidiata), Winged triton (Gyrineum perca), Starfish (Asteroidea), Abalone (Haliotidae), Ram's horn squid (Spirula spirula).
Western redcedar (Thuja plicata), Basswood (Tilia americana), Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), copper leaf, black shellac and lacquer, Japanese paper, metallic acrylic.
Ebonized black and claro walnut (Juglans Nigra, Juglans hindsii), Seahorse (Hippocampus), Black sea-fan coral (Gorgonia ventalina), abalone shell inlay and cabochons (Haliotis), Starfish (Asterias), Tiger sea urchin spines (Echinoidea), sandollars (Echinarachnius parma), antique filigree silver, Belgian silk.
African mahogany (Khaya), Carrier shell (Xenophoridae), Brown Auger Turritella (Turritella), Tusk shells (Scaphopoda), Pearl umbonium (Umbonium), misc. marine specimens (cowrie, natulis, conch, bivalve, auger, abalone, murex, limpit, knobby starfish, mussel, heart cockle), red coral, brain coral, crab, tiger urchin spines, abalone shell inlay, Nepalese Lokta paper, etched glass, brass.
Tiger maple (Acer saccharum), Pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata), Common flying dragon lizard (Draco volans), Golden Pheasant feather (Chrysolophus pictus), Spindle shell, Kangaroo beetles (Sagra), Red-banded agate, Amber, Japanese kimono silk, medallions.
Limulus the Resilient
Limulus the Resilient
Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra), walnut burl veneer, Eastern maple (Acer saccharum), Juvenile horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), Fossil ammonite (Ammonoidea), Spurred turban (Astralium calcar), gold copper leaf, Japanese book cloth, gilded copper.
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