Dinoflagellate Ceratium Gravidum Petit: ceramic, steel,2.5” x 2.75” x 1.25”,
Foraminifera Stars, Baculopgypsina Sphaerulata(2):
ceramic, steel, 2” x 2” x 3.75” & 2.25” x 2.25” x 2.25”
Ocean Sunlight Zone:
The ceramic reveals these exquisite and mighty microscopic marine treasures that form
the basis of earth’s marine ecosystem. Marine primary producers, like diatoms,
radiolarians and other single-celled algae utilize solar energy in the Sunlight Zone to
photosynthesize over half of earth’s oxygen, supporting all life. The micro goes macro as
their blooms can be seen from space on satellite video.
Star-shaped foraminifera (Baculopgypsina Sphaerulata) are the size of a grain of sand.
Foraminifera tell paleontologists Earth's history, climate past, present and future. Her
story is literally written in her cells. These foraminifera ancestors are the sand
on Hoshizuna-no-Hama (Sand in the shape of a Star Sand), located on Iriomote Island in
Okinawa Prefecture.
