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...In Everything Series Gallery

  
All living things  store a genetic recipe using the same DNA (
​Deoxyribonucleic Acid) molecules.
They are …In Everything.

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. 

Each piece uniquely transforms into a DNA helix. Can you find them!

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

Farewell to Spring - pistil = DNA helix
Thirsty Tiger - copper stem/stream = DNA helix
Wild Iris - leaves & sky = DNA helix
Cosmic Ocean - mixed into cosmic ocean = DNA helix
Cardinal Catchfly - copper viney stems = DNA helixes
Clay Mariposa Lily - root bulblette & pistil = DNA helixes
​Source - abstracted in a wave = DNA helix
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Videos of SOURCE ~ time-lapse work in progress and completed.
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.