Diatom experiments (2022)

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Centric diatoms—glass-walled, single-cell phytoplankton found throughtout the oceans—have a beautiful diversity and complexity that invite new mashups of the venerable tradition of origami stars and flowers. Neil has been experimenting.

Inspired by Asteromphalus
Bottom view of the same model (before the sinks in the corners)—maybe even more Asteromphalus-iish.
Stephanodiscus? ???

Stay tuned.