Jellies: Living Art

Translucent bells, glittering boxes, luminous chains, gossamer webs...these intricate, pulsing beings from a fairy-tale world dazzle and beguile. From microscopic tinkerbells to golden giants larger than beach umbrellas, you couldn't dream of more exotic jellies than already exist. Nature and art come together in a lyrical medley of light and color, gonads and stingers, as these authors share their fascination with ethereal jellies, animals older than dinosaurs, found in every ocean and sea on earth. Explore the shape and size, rhythm and motion, color and pattern and the secret stories of jellies in a book that proves that nature truly inspires art.