Study #3

Materials

Mare Sacro

 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). 

Memento mori

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), Guatamalen 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).

The Golden Hour

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.

Flight

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.

Tempietto


Black cherry (Prunus serotina), Balkan amber, pyrope almandine garnets, silk moire, 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).

Secrets of the Past


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).

Axis Mundi


Western redcedar (Thuja plicata), Basswood (Tilia americana), Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), copper leaf, black shellac and lacquer, Japanese paper, metallic acrylic.

Hippocampe


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.

Xenophora


African mahogany (Khaya),  Carrier shell (Xenophoridae), Brown Auger Turritella (Turritella),  Tusk shells (Scaphopoda), Pearl umbonium (Umbonium), misc. shells, coral, crabs, tiger urchin spines, nautilus, abalone shell inlay, Nepalese Lokta paper, glass, brass.

Draco


Tiger maple (Acer saccharum), Pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata), Common flying dragon lizard (Draco volans), Golden Pheasant feather (Chrysolophus pictus), Spindle shell, Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), Japanese kimono silk, medallions.