Ancient Sea, Spider Conch (27/45)
by Mayumi Oda
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Description
From Oda's Ancient Sea series, a composition featuring the spider conch (Lambis lambis) — the elaborately spined shell of a tropical marine gastropod whose armored, many-armed form gave it its common name. In Oda's ecological mythological iconography, the spider conch represents the extraordinary variety of life forms that the ancient sea has produced over hundreds of millions of years — the shells of marine organisms being among the most beautiful and formally complex objects in the natural world. The conch shell has its own spiritual associations in Buddhist practice (the conch horn is one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism), connecting Oda's ecological subject to her religious iconography.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ancient Sea, Spider Conch (27/45) was created by Mayumi Oda (小田真由美).
Ancient Sea, Spider Conch (27/45) depicts seascapes and insects.