by Celia Wood | Mar 25, 2020 | Independent Study
After coming across the Harvard collection of glass invertebrates, I went looking for more information about the Blaschka models. I came across the book Sea of Glass: Searching For The Blaschka’s Fragile Legacy In An Ocean At Risk, by Dr. Drew Harvell. Harvell is a...
by Celia Wood | Mar 18, 2020 | Independent Study
After I encountered Haeckel, I began looking more into sea creatures and biological forms. During this research, I came across the Blaschka Glass Invertebrates Collection at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka were a father and son duo...
by Celia Wood | Mar 15, 2020 | Independent Study
When I got home from MBL, I ordered several books by Ernst Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature and Art Forms from the Ocean. His work helped me see more beauty in marine forms, and the level of detail in his drawings is truly spectacular. It is interesting to consider his...
by Celia Wood | Mar 12, 2020 | Independent Study
Over intensives, the marine biology group took a week long trip to Woods Hole, MA to visit the Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL). This trip really solidified my interest in biology and gave me a taste of what studying biology in college and beyond might look like. I was...
by Celia Wood | Mar 11, 2020 | Independent Study
This book has been lying around my house for about a decade. We acquired it when Lainey was taking art and drawing classes. I was surprised to realize that this familiar book actually addresses many of my topic areas, albeit from a more artistic than scientific point...
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