Into The Mysterium

Description

With the oceans covering over 70 percent of the Earth's surface, our planet can be called a marine planet. Beneath the waves are millions of creatures, including the unknown marine invertebrates who make up an essential part of marine life. In Into the Mysterium, in lavishly beautifully photographs, nearly 100 of the rarest, most wondrous, mystifying and entrancing specimens are brought into the light. From rare seahorses to now extinct corals, these invertebrates leave one gasping again at the extraordinary beauty and mystery of our world.

Michele Oka Doner is one of today's foremost artist-designers, whose prodigious career spans four decades. The breadth of her artistic production encompasses sculpture, furniture, jewelry, public art, and functional objects. All of Oka Doner's work is fueled by her lifelong study and appreciation of the natural world, from which she derives her formal vocabulary. She is well known for her numerous public art installations, including "A Walk on the Beach," at The Miami International Airport (1995-2008) which features nearly a mile of dark terrazzo inlaid with bronze and mother of pearl. Recent work includes collections with Christofle and Steuben Glass as well as public art projects at Rutgers University and the Ocean County Library, both in New Jersey. Her sculpture and functional objects have been acquired by several prestigious museums, among them The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Virginia Museum of fine Arts, and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Among her many publications are two monographs: Natural Seduction published by Hudson Hills Press (2003) examines the broad scope of Oka Doner's work; and Workbook published by Oka Press (2004), which focuses on blueprints of thousands of cast bronzes for her public projects.