Radiolarien brand is based on a 1862’s study of Dr. Ernst Haeckel. The illustration in the theme has inspired me to make a collection wit these prints.
1. Aulosphaera Radial tubes about 2 times as long as tangential bars, distal third very thin and with 8 to 12 whorls of 4 lateral branches, forked near the base to appear as 8 branches.
2. Cladococcus Single shell with very irregular sub-polygonal pores; at many nodal points slightly curved, cylindrical spines project radially dichotomizing repeatedly starting about 2/w3 of the way from the cortical shell.
3. Coelodendrum Spherical shell with hemispherical valves. Galea arched, with large nasal opening. Four primary tubes bifurcate at right angles 4 to 6 times. Branches smooth and straight, or slightly curved.
4.Collozoum Colonial species lacking spicules and containing numerous central capsules, spherical to irregwular in shape depending on the species, enclosed by a gelatinous sheath.
5. Achat Is a cryptocrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.
6. Agate-madage The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. C olorful agates and other chalcedonies were obtained over 3,000 years ago from the Achates River, now called Dirillo, in Sicily.
7. Agate-qualer Agate is one of the most common materials used in the art of hardstone carving, and has been recovered at a number of ancient sites, indicating its widespread use in the ancient world; for example, archaeological recovery at the Knossos site on Crete illustrates its role in Bronze Age Minoan culture.
8. Collosphaera No spines or tubes on shell surface, but with conspicuous lumps and depressions; many small, irregularly shaped pores.
9. C-spinosa Calceolispongia (literally “Shoe Sponge�) is a diverse genus of cladid crinoids that lived along the shores of eastern Gondwanaland that correspond to Timor and Western Australia, today.
10. Echinaster E. sepositus has five relatively slender arms around a small central disc. It can reach a diameter of 20 cm. It is a bright red in colour, and has a soapy surface texture. The surface is dotted with evenly-spaced pits from which the animal can extend its deep red gills.
11. Ramosissimum Spherical shell with hemispherical valves. Galea arched, with large nasal opening. Four primary tubes bifurcate at right angles 4 to 6 times. Branches smooth and straight, or slightly curved. Ends of terminal branches sometimes with very small inflated disc with 4-7 (usually 4) short recurved teeth.
12. Thalasicolla pelagica Common name the sargassum nudibranch, is a species of nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scyllaeidae. This species lives among floating seaweed in the world’s oceans, feeding on hydroids.
13. Caillois una Caillois collected a humongous collection of polished stones from around the world, seeing within them what he termed “secret cyphers of the Universe.� They become miniature pieces of art, with no artist behind their creation except for the Universe itself.
14. Caillois duo Caillois not only questions the role humanity plays in art creation, but also the aesthetic values that only humans possess. These stones for Caillois show how without humanity there remains aesthetic. Further it is nature that dictates human aesthetics and imagination.
14. Caillois duo Caillois not only questions the role humanity plays in art creation, but also the aesthetic values that only humans possess. These stones for Caillois show how without humanity there remains aesthetic. Further it is nature that dictates human aesthetics and imagination.