Library of nudibranchs made from hand-felted sheep wool
Artist Arina Bo creates a hand-felted library of vibrant nudibranchs depicting marine life made from sheep wool. Each nudibranch in this archive is three inches long, grown-up size, as the artist puts it, and each one is a faithful replica of a real species. The cerata, those finger-like projections on a nudibranch’s back that serve as gills and defensive organs, are recreated individually in wool, each in the right shape and color for its species.
The rhinophores, or the sensory horns on the head, are there too, tiny and upright. The surface textures, the spotted patterns, the contrasting color outlines along the body’s edge: all of it is...
