Making The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American Culture
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By , on June 11th, 2012 3 comments   Art, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Social Sciences   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The following post is write up of the talk I delivered last week at Capitol Hill Ocean Week Gavelston Bay When we see images like the above it is hard to believe the ocean inspires us. In one of the most striking examples of our connection to the oceans, if humans, any number of us, . . . → Read More: Making The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American Culture

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Deep Sea Japanese Papercraft
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By , on January 19th, 2009 2 comments   Giant Isopod, Uncategorized   , , ,  

Reader Steve T. sent in some awesome papercraft from JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. You can print out a paper from a .pdf file. Don’t be dismayed by the japanese text everywhere, dotted lines tell you where to make the cuts. Below is the giant isopod (click on green rectangle under . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Japanese Papercraft

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Fabric Giant Isopod
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By , on January 17th, 2009 8 comments   Giant Isopod, Organisms   ,  

I really want this so badly! Too bad I both can’t sew (except of course field wounds) and read Japanese. Maybe Ellie can help me out. Better yet maybe I can get several of them and combine them with a crocheted rotten fish carcass. Then Kevin, Peter, and I could have a few pints and . . . → Read More: Fabric Giant Isopod

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