Day 17 #SciArtSeptember prompt is trawl.

Glass sponges are fragile, brittle, living animals with skeletons made of silica, the same material we use to make glass. Reefs, widespread during the age of dinosaurs, are now quite rare, & in fact, were long believed to have gone extinct 40 million years ago. Then in 1987 scientists discovered 9,000 year glass sponge reefs or 🧵
#linocut #sciart #printmaking #glassSponge #glassSpongeReef #rockfish #oceanLife #invertebrate #reductionPrint #BC #mastoArt

Craddles Of Glass

Cradles of Glass is a primer on the glass cloud sponges of #BritishColumbia #Canada. These #sponges are delicate organisms and are in dire need of protections.
Since production the 9 reef sites mentioned have received some protections and the BC Park reef has received full protections.

https://youtu.be/yLVsmBf5pVQ

#GlassSponge #conservation