...In Everything Series

​Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) or Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is
….In Everything.
     All living organisms store genetic information using the same molecules — DNA and RNA.
This genetic code of molecules is evidence of the shared ancestry of all living things.

DNA forms a beautiful double helix that looks like a twisted ladder. RNA forms a single helix.
See if you can find the DNA helix in these sculptures from the
…In Everything Series:

Our Poppy - pistil = DNA helix
Manzanita Sky - branch tips = DNA helix
Humming Aquilegia - stem = DNA helix
Path - binds everyone's path! = DNA helix
Cedar waxwing - crest = 2 inscribed DNA helixes
Farewell to Spring - pistil = DNA helix

As a native of California, the clay state, I love turning clay to stone. 
My intention is to share work that stirs the visceral will to face our many challenges,
with hope & joy, in the beauty that is in us and all other life. Beauty, that is under our feet and setting sail at our backs.
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DNA is made of chemical building blocks called nucleotides. These building blocks are made of three parts: a phosphate group, a sugar group and one of four types of nitrogen bases.
The four types of nitrogen bases found in nucleotides are: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C). The order, or sequence, of these bases determines what biological instructions are contained in a strand of DNA.
For example, if your DNA sequencing were organized differently you could have been a Manzanita or a Humming bird.
The complete DNA instruction book, or genome, for a human contains about 3 billion bases and about 20,000 genes on 23 pairs of chromosomes. An Octopus has 28 pairs of chromosomes.
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