The Lucky Clam
15cm x 15cm
Each sculpture is unique.
This sculpture is made up of an invasive mollusc on the River Thames called the Asian Clam or as otherwise known, the Lucky Clam. The Asian Clam was discovered in the UK in 2004 and is amongst one of the the most dominant shell found in the river Thames. Its global invasion probably started with Asian immigration in North America during the 1920s, as it was used as food source by these communities. Considering the Asian Clam was only discovered 18 years ago, it has completely decimated the local mollusc population and is a stark reminder of the unintended consequences global shipping can have on native ecosystems.
They will be one of the clear signals to far-future palaeontologists, that the Earth’s biology was being fundamentally transformed by the Anthropocene.
The lucky clam is a self-fertile simultaneous hermaphrodite which can broadcast spawn up to 570 mucoid larvae per day per individual, and more than 68,000 per year per individual.
Available for commission.
15cm x 15cm
Each sculpture is unique.
This sculpture is made up of an invasive mollusc on the River Thames called the Asian Clam or as otherwise known, the Lucky Clam. The Asian Clam was discovered in the UK in 2004 and is amongst one of the the most dominant shell found in the river Thames. Its global invasion probably started with Asian immigration in North America during the 1920s, as it was used as food source by these communities. Considering the Asian Clam was only discovered 18 years ago, it has completely decimated the local mollusc population and is a stark reminder of the unintended consequences global shipping can have on native ecosystems.
They will be one of the clear signals to far-future palaeontologists, that the Earth’s biology was being fundamentally transformed by the Anthropocene.
The lucky clam is a self-fertile simultaneous hermaphrodite which can broadcast spawn up to 570 mucoid larvae per day per individual, and more than 68,000 per year per individual.
Available for commission.
15cm x 15cm
Each sculpture is unique.
This sculpture is made up of an invasive mollusc on the River Thames called the Asian Clam or as otherwise known, the Lucky Clam. The Asian Clam was discovered in the UK in 2004 and is amongst one of the the most dominant shell found in the river Thames. Its global invasion probably started with Asian immigration in North America during the 1920s, as it was used as food source by these communities. Considering the Asian Clam was only discovered 18 years ago, it has completely decimated the local mollusc population and is a stark reminder of the unintended consequences global shipping can have on native ecosystems.
They will be one of the clear signals to far-future palaeontologists, that the Earth’s biology was being fundamentally transformed by the Anthropocene.
The lucky clam is a self-fertile simultaneous hermaphrodite which can broadcast spawn up to 570 mucoid larvae per day per individual, and more than 68,000 per year per individual.
Available for commission.