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Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>It is also <a href="https://spore.social/tags/CephalopodWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CephalopodWeek</span></a>! Enjoy some of my cephalopods: the adorable bobtail squid (actually, not a squid, but a cephalopod of order Sepiolida, closer to cuttlefish), the octopus, nautilus and bioluminescent firefly squid linocuts.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/wildlifeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildlifeArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>squid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nautilus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nautilus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cephalopodWeek2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cephalopodWeek2024</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>My Firefly Squid 🦑 linocut for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cephalopodWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cephalopodWeek</span></a>!</p><p>This is a linocut print of the firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), also called sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan. These tiny squid live at depth (200 to 400 m) &amp; they are bioluminescent &amp; emit blue light from photophores. </p><p>The print shows the squid against a white background so you can see the whole animal &amp; then its reflection is shown …</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Squid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FireflySquid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FireflySquid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cephalopod</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bioluminescence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bioluminescence</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>New toned cyanotype for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/CephalopodWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CephalopodWeek</span></a>! This one features an image of my linocut <a href="https://spore.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>octopus</span></a> with cedar and black locust branches to give it the feel of being in its environment.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cyanotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cyanotype</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cyanotypeProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cyanotypeProcess</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cedar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cedar</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/blackLocust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blackLocust</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/tonedCyanotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tonedCyanotype</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cephalopod</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>