Artist: Rebecca Welti

www.rebeccawelti.com

I carve these extraordinary organisms with awe and a deep awareness of our shared beginnings in the primeval oceanic soup.

Despite their extremely small size and short lives, plankton are vital to our own survival. In fact, these microscopic heroes are producing 75% of the oxygen on our planet. Floating at the ocean’s surface, billions of plankton are continuously creating oxygen from sunlight while providing food for other plankton, fish and whales.

Mostly unseen and overlooked, plankton have found their outspoken friend and champion in me. Their lives and the health of their ocean habitat is my lifelong priority.

I utilize art and marine science to reveal the fascinating nature and personality of plankton. By creating playful public sculpture and hands-on educational materials, I hope to inspire people to love and protect the organisms that make life on earth possible.

When individual plankton are made large enough to walk under and climb on, the magnitude and consequence of their existence can be appreciated. If we can immerse ourselves among the magnified organisms, touch them and play on them, we can more easily comprehend their relevance to our own existence.

Plankton as art and science are ideal subjects for public spaces, schools, aquariums and homes.

I am looking for sites to install my wood or cast metal sculptures where people can interact with them and enjoy their elegant forms and tactile appeal. If you have an institution or residential location and would like to discuss siting a spectacular plankton installation, please get in touch with me.

Rebecca