Miraculous Flower
Maria Anna Pabst © 2013
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Genesis:
This cutout of the antenna of a Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella),
a small moth of the Familiy Pyralidae,
full of hairs and sensilla,
indeed looks like a miraculous flower.
Maria Anna Pabst © 2013

Technique:
Indian ink on raster electron microscope (REM) picture printout.
The REM picture of the moth feeler was printed on canvas, and then interpreted with coloured drawing ink.
Original picture size: 80 x 80 cm (original magnification: 1500 x).