Time for some more Opabinia! This is my ongoing series of prints of Opabinia, an extinct prehistoric creature which lived during the Cambrian geological time period, carved by hand in linoleum, printed onto lovely white paper with bark inclusions and collaged with Japanese papers in different colours and patterns.
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#linocut #printmaking #sciart #paleontology #Opabinia #mastoArt

This is one of a series of prints of Opabinia, an extinct prehistoric creatures which lived during the Cambrian geological time period, carved by hand in linoleum, printed onto lovely white paper with bark inclusions and collaged with Japanese papers in different colours and patterns, including some I have marbled with suminagashi inks. 🧵1/2

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#linocut #printmaking #opabinia #sciart #paleontology #mastoArt

Opabinia (Paleontologie 🦕)

Opabinia byl rod vyhynulých kambrijských členovců s pěti očima a klepetovitým chobotem. Je znám jediný druh – Opabinia regalis. Její fosilie byly nalezeny v burgesských břidlicích v Britské Kolumbii v Kanadě. Žila v kambrijském období paleozoické éry v období před 500 miliony let. Měřila 5–7,5 cm a předpokládá se, že byla masožravá. Bylo popsáno méně než dvace...

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opabinia

#Opabinia #Clenovci #Zivocichove #Paleontologie #ZivotVPaleozoiku

Thinking about fossil marine invertebrates that Kielan-Jaworowska studied at the beginning of her career, made me think of this pattern made from my linocut animal prints with collaged washi papers from the Cambrian Period (from 538.8 million to 485.4 million years ago). 🧵

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/16990670-cambrian-sea-by-minouette

#linocut #printmaking #pattern #surfaceDesign #paleontology #sciArt #Cambrian #BurgessShale #trilobite #wiwaxia #Opabinia #InverteFest #invertebrate #fossils #MastoArt

The Mets have a big game today and they are playing in NYC!

“Honey where’s my Mets hat?”
“It’s on the octopus… next to the coelacanth.”
“oh. yes, of course.” #LGM #baseball #mets #nyc #coelacanth #Opabinia #picathecat #cats

For a wildcard #InsertAnInvert2024 week we’re going back in time all the way to the Cambrian for the Opabinia! The fossils of this soft-bodied 7 cm long animal are found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale Lagerstätte (505 million years ago) of British Columbia. Opabinia likely caught prey with the grasping claws on the end of its long tubular proboscis (like an elephant’s trunk). 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #Opabinia #Cambrian #paleontology #sciArt #washi #collage #invertebrate #MastoArt

Haven't posted here in a hot minute, haven't I?
Well uh... Here's some stuff I was working on.

#pokemon #art #abdl #diaper #messy #mew #pikachu #raichu #bunny #furry #protogen #opabinia #opabiniaregalis #blender #3D #mewishart

Critters requested by patrons for me to draw. An African civet, malobar squirrel, opabinia, silkie chicken, and a Siberian tiger.

#mastoart #fediart #artistsonmastodon #tiger #animals #wildlife #squirrel #chicken #civet #illustration #opabinia #paleoart #wildlifeart