The next prompt for #printerSolstice is Triadic Colours, or 3 equidistant colours on the colour wheel. I went with secondary colours: orange, purple & green. My Lino block print of 2 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. 🧵1/n #starfish#seastar#ochreStarfish#invertebrate#sciart#purpleSeaStar#PisasterOchraceus#kelp#MastoArt
Long presumed to have no heads at all, #starfish may be nothing but
Naturalists have puzzled over what might constitute head of a #seastar, commonly called a "starfish." With five identical arms—any of which can take lead in propelling sea stars across seabed—it's been anybody's guess how to determine the front end of the organism from the back. Teams from Standford and Berkeley detected #genes associated with head development just about everywhere in juvenile sea stars https://phys.org/news/2023-11-presumed-starfish.html
Animal lovers, I made you a bundle of handmade jewellery!
If the sight of animals inspires wonder and sparks joy in you, through handmade items showcasing your kind and nature loving personality you can share this joy with the world around you and celebrate it in yourself.
Climate friendly 💚🥰
Making friends at the coastal tide pools, enjoying the ocean breeze, reading books, finding hag stones* that magically reveal portals to other worlds/let you see through a fairy’s disguise
Both this Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) and this Cushion Star (Asterina gibbosa) have lost arms and are managing with only 4 each - luckily they have the ability to grow their missing limbs back. County Clare, Ireland.