
Treading The Silk Thread to The Sea
Year:
2024Ranking:
EntrantArtist:
Siena McKim (Graduate Student)Department:
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine BiologyLab:
Turner LabDescription
Spiders have historically been the focus of silk research, overshadowing the marine crustaceans that produce underwater silk. In my piece, I depict spider silk tethering the terrestrial to the marine, guiding the viewer’s attention to the crustaceans’ world.
Illustration produced digitally