‘Ernst’ The Future Plankton
‘Ernst’ the Future Plankton is named after the German artist and scientist Ernst Haeckel published “Art Forms in Nature” at the turn of the century, when our oceans were healthy and robust. ‘Ernst’ the Future Plankton imagines what a plankton of the future might evolve into to combat the stressors of the today’s ocean. ‘Ernst’ the […]
Future Coastline: Project with Global Coral Reef Alliance in Conjunction with “SIDS” Small Island Developing States for UN
This is a visualization of how a future coastline might be created keeping in mind the needs of some of the most vulnerable places on earth-the Small Island Developing States or “SIDS”. Depicted here is floating reef system which grows its own calcium carbonate structure made with an innovative sustainible technology called biorock powered […]
Radiolarian Skeleton
Go on a guided tour or make a date with an Explorer to experience the famous members only “Gallery” formally known as the “Trophy Room” which graces the top floor of the Explorer’s Club. On May 6th on United Nations 2019 Sustainability Report that 1 million animals were on the endangered species list with unprecedented […]
Homologous Hope Public Sculpture
Homologous Hope (2014) Mara Haseltine was recommended by the architect Rafael Vinoly to create a significant sculptural statement for the entry of a new medical building on the University of Pennsylvania Medical campus. The University asked for a sculpture that would honor both the scientists and the donors of the Basser Center. The Basser center […]
Supernatural Series
Supernatural Series III Supernatural Series One (2012) was inspired by the beauty of the mushrooms in the moss-covered forests of Maine, where after a rain the mushrooms bloom. These pieces were blown by Mara G. Haseltine in Maine. This piece is meant to be seen in situ so that the viewer stumbles across them as […]
Enchanted Oyster Sweet Spot
Biorock Recipe Book With Mermaid Detail “There is no better place to have this work at this time than on Governor’s Island. The work is located in the heart of New York City’s Oyster Restoration efforts. The Harbor School, in conjunction with the NY/NJ Baykeepers, is doing unprecedented work in urban oyster restoration. New York […]
Oyster Island
On July 15th 2010 Oyster Island: A Submersible Substrate for Future Aquatic Life (2010) a floating site specific Sculpture was launched on the Hudson River at Garrison’s Landing in Garrison. The work is part of Garrison Art Center’s sculpture show entitled CURRENT on display until October 11th, 2010. learn chinese online The sculpture pays homage […]
Mitochondrian Renewable Energy
Mitochondrian Renewable Energy Mitochondrion Renewable Energy Pool (2004) is made with recycled materials and solar power, the work is planned for nine acres on the grounds of the “Muckenthaler Cultural Center” located in Fullerton, CA. This earth work depicts a cross section of the mitochondria, the organelle within the cell which creates energy by converting […]
SARS Inhibited
SARS Inhibited (2006) is a bronze sculpture that stands in the central plaza of the science city Biopolis, Singapore. Biopolis conducted an international completion to select a sculptor to create an installation that captures the practical application of their work. After interviewing the Biopolis scientists, Mara proposed the winning design, a sculpture depicting the active site […]
Inflatable Estrogen
Inflatable Estrogen Mara G. Haseltine continues to investigate the molecular and sub-molecular structures of life using scientific data as the armatures for her sculptures. Inflatable Estrogen (2004) is the artist’s rendering of estrogen and testosterone. The artist had the following to say about this piece: “What is a constant source of amazement for me when […]
Those Could Be Anything…
Those Could Be Anything Detail Those Could Be Anything…An Inflatable Stem Cell Installation Bursting With Pluripotent Potential is a special art project specifically designed to be part of a traveling exhibition. This installation is created not only to be beautiful but also to create a forum for discussion addressing the hotly debated issue of stem cell […]
Follicle Stimulator Hormone
Follicle Stimulator Hormone Mara G. Haseltine was commissioned to create Follicle Stimulator Hormone (2004) by the company Serono located in Geneva, Switzerland based on the ribbon diagram depiction of the follicle stimulator hormone. The work celebrates 30 years of outstanding work by the scientist Aliza Eshkhol. Eshkhol did groundbreaking work on the purification of the Follicle […]
Radiolarian Reef
Radiolarian Reef Rendering Radiolarian Reef (2010) is the skeleton of a radiolarian which encases plankton. Plankton in our oceans and fresh water bodies creates over half the oxygen on our planet and sequester carbon dioxide. These elegant structures are eroding and mutating due to ocean acidification. This model depicts the plans for a reef structure which […]
“Transcriptase” NYC’s first solar powered Oyster Reef Experiment
Graphical render of Oyster Restoration NYC: reef on pilings powered by solar panels TRANSRIPTEASE (2007) is New York City’s First Solar Powered Oyster Reef, a living art work, growing in the intertidal zone in MCNEIL PARK on College Point, Queens NY. For the past few years artist Mara G. Haseltine has immersed herself in what […]
Bio-Filtered Brooklyn Aquarium
Bio-Filtered Brooklyn Aquarium What is the Bio-Filtered Brooklyn Aquarium (2005)? A world-class aquarium on the East River focusing on fabulous fish and innovative water filtration systems. Featuring a 60′ HIGH, 3 BLOCK LONG Pelagic FISH TANK VISIBLE FROM MANHATTAN and FILLED WITH FILTERED East River water! The purified aquarium water would be fed back into […]
Meandering Midden
Meandering Midden A traveling work of public art and an ode to New York’s environmental history, Meandering Midden (2009) was installed in three different places in 2009. Oyster middens–piles of discarded shell–once littered the landscape of Manhattan and its neighboring shores, a testament to the astonishing abundance of the indigenous Eastern Oyster, Crassotrea Virginica. Indeed, with 350 […]
Cell Garden
Cell Garden The Cell Garden as an Earth Work (2001), a multidisciplinary project first conceived in 2001, is a fusion of science, art, education, new technologies, and sustainability. The work is figurative in that it combines sculptures and landscape to depict a cross section of a living animal cell or Eukaryotic Cell. The choice to represent a Eukaryotic […]
Figurative
Luvvy Glass These figurative busts, made between 1993 and 2004, were created by Mara G. Haseltine with the intention of capturing the essence of her subjects’ souls. how to get your ex back Materials: Bronze, plaster, glass, cast glass. zp8497586rq how to learn italian online zp8497586rq
Models of Habitats for the Urban Oyster
Rockin’ Reef The design for Gill Reef is based on the extremely efficient, elegant oyster gill. One oyster, in the height of the season, can filter up to 50 gallons of water per day. Haseltine observed oyster gills under the microscope and then employed the concept of biomimicry, Mother Nature’s blueprints, to create the structure’s […]
Anthropomorphic
Sting Ship This body of work explores the relationship between animals, technology and human psychology. essay writing help Anthropomorphic Works: Self Portrait With Shark; shark jaw, rice paper, egg whites, lights, horseshoe crab, 1992. Fetal Hammerhead; wax, water, metal, 1993. Cherrystone in Distress; miniature railroad tracks, rocks, shell, twine, 1993. Cherrystone Glamour Shot; glass, wax, […]