Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the @printersolstice <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printerSolstice2425" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printerSolstice2425</span></a> prompt copper, I made a <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> horseshoe crab (Tachypeus gigas) in grey, blue-bronze and dark brown on 8" x 8" cream-coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions. They get their name from their horseshoe like shape but they are not crabs; they are chelicerates, more closely related to arachnids and they are "living fossils" which have changed very little since 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/horseshoeCrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horseshoeCrab</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/washi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washi</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/oceanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanLife</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>