Shells W Widening 02 of 12
Green
ormer
Haliotis tuberculata
Widening this fast, a little over two turns are all the shell ever makes; the last one is nearly the whole ear.
- W widening
- 14
- D distance
- 0
- T travel
- 0.6
- S shape
- round
- turns
- 2.2
The settings our model uses to draw it, tuned by eye against photographs.
The real shell · up to 10 cm
A row of five to seven breathing holes runs along the edge. As it grows it opens new holes and seals the old ones.
Inside is a thick layer of mother-of-pearl.
- Lives
- North-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean
- In the exhibition
- Room 2, Four numbers: one of three shells for W, how fast it widens.