Odessa Project

11/24/2025

I’ll be at the Fat Goose Craft Collective Saturday, November 29 - 10am to 4 pm. Come check out all the fabulous artists

11/11/2025

Stop in for my solo show

01/14/2025

Ceramic Seed Pod - World Tree “Ceiba” (Malvaceae) “Ceiba” is a genus of trees growing throughout the tropical Americas.

01/06/2025

Birthwort (Aristolochia)
The Aristolochiaceae are a family of herbaceous or woody climbers or shrubs. Both the family name (Greek for “best for center childbirth”) and the common name (“birthworts”) refer to the fact that, from the classical to the late medieval period, women drank the juice from the stems to stimulate uterine contractions and help expel the placenta. However, modern research has shown that the roots and stems contain high levels of aristolochic acid, which is carcinogenic and damages the kidneys.

Their flowers emit a smell to attract pollinating insects such as carrion flies, which are then trapped by hairs inside the floral tube. They are released only when the hairs wither at the end of the day, by which time they are covered in pollen and ready to visit another flower.

The specimen shown here is an unopened fruit.

text from “The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits: The Botanical Photography” of Levon Biss

11/13/2024