arctic – Origami plankton

From Scotland to the Arctic (2024)

A group show of recent art-science collaborations at Arctic Science Summit Week, Edinburgh, March 2024. Neil curated the show and brought the plankton. Neil’s diatoms in the background, along with crochet Arctic sea stars by Emily Doolittle and Laura Johnson‘s painting A Way of Life, Threatened.

Copepod (2024)

Redesign by Neil — similar results to version 1.0 but much more straightforward. New diagrams by Peter. Fold lots of them and then feed them to your bowhead whale!

Bowhead whale (2024)

Design by Neil, diagrams by Peter. Starts with the traditional whale folded from fish base, and then a few more steps for added bowheadedness.