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The Water Bear by Karin Roy Andersson

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Published: 23.06.2011

Necklace: The Water Bear by Karin Roy Andersson.Juniper wood, silver, nylon, diamond.. 2009Burnt, frozen, radiated, raised from the dead – the water bear an evolutionary masterpiece. 
. The water bear is a 0,5 – 1 mm animal. A bit chubby, segmented with eight legs and an amazing survivor. In experiments it has been exposed to 340 degrees of heat, hypothermia, radiation and drought. But in situations where all other creatures give in, the water bear endure. This little animal can go into a state of cryptobiosis, where all the things we normally define as life are shut down. Encapsulated in this state it can slumber waiting for things to get better. It can lie like this for decades until one day when times has changed, the conditions has become better, the spark of life is lit and the water bear wakes up..

Burnt, frozen, radiated, raised from the dead – the water bear an evolutionary masterpiece. 
The water bear is a 0,5 – 1 mm animal. A bit chubby, segmented with eight legs and an amazing survivor. In experiments it has been exposed to 340 degrees of heat, hypothermia, radiation and drought. But in situations where all other creatures give in, the water bear endure. This little animal can go into a state of cryptobiosis, where all the things we normally define as life are shut down. Encapsulated in this state it can slumber waiting for things to get better. It can lie like this for decades until one day when times has changed, the conditions has become better, the spark of life is lit and the water bear wakes up.

Karin Roy Andersson

Necklace
The Water Bear
2009
Juniper wood, silver, nylon, diamond.

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