This week, I cleaned my studio space and gathered all of the materials necessary to complete my tiles of Coral Architecture!
Materials: String, a notebook, a ruler, paper, cup of water, a hole puncher, a paint brush, a pencil, gouache, different colored ink pens, and scissors
This image shows a diversity of deep-sea coral species, including two species of octocorals, or sea fans (Paramuricea in yellow and Callogorgia in light gray), one species of stony coral (Lophelia pertusa in white), and a brittle star (Asteroschema). Image courtesy of Lophelia II: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks 2009 Expedition, NOAA OER/BOEM.
A deep-sea coral garden in Madison-Swanson Marine Reserve off the west coast of Florida, protected in 2000. Image courtesy of the National Undersea Research Center at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
What is a deep-sea coral habitat?
"While the conditions are extreme, the deep sea is home to an abundant variety of life. Deep-sea corals, like their warm-water cousins, are actually colonies of small animals that build a common skeleton, which grows into many shapes and colors. Unlike tropical reefs, they live from 150 feet to more than 10,000 feet below sea level, where sunlight is dim to nonexistent. Instead of forming rock-like reefs, these cold-water corals form groves of tree, feather, column, or fan shapes, sometimes reaching dozens of feet tall. Many fish, shrimp, crab, and other creatures use deep-sea corals and sponges as their habitat." - (“Courtesy: NOAA Fisheries”)
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/habitat-conservation/deep-sea-coral-habitat