Plankton earring Tjanpi artists use native grasses

Tjanpi artists use native grasses to make spectacular contemporary fibre art

- Fossil replica encased in plaster

By: Bruce Watt

Size: 260x260x65mm

They have a distinctive mottled light-blue patch on the outside of their wings

Plankton earring Tjanpi artists use native grassesHealthy waterways and oceans are essential for our increasingly urbanised world. Yet monitoring water quality in aquatic environments is a challenge, as it varies from hour to hour due to storm water and currents. Being at the base of the aquatic food web and present in huge numbers, plankton are strongly influenced by changes in environment and provide an indication of water quality integrated over days and weeks. Plankton are the aquatic version of