La Mer Marine Abstracts:

Tropical Sea Sponge & Brain Coral Abstracts inspired while diving in Cayman and Cuba 2019:

The sponge sculptures are inspired by the exquisite engineering of sea sponges seen while diving in the Caribbean Sea around Cayman Island. Sponges are the filter system of the ocean clearing 90% of its bacteria, viruses and more while also producing oxygen. All life on Earth began in the sea which continues to sustain us providing over 50% of the planet’s oxygen. Its life-saving super powers sourced the COVID vaccination thanks to the compounds in a sea sponge. Sea sponges modeled the first HIV treatment and first marine sourced drug for cancer. The list continues making protecting our planet’s largest ecosystem, the ocean a crucial investment.