The Discovery

Evolution

The Record

CatalogueRUIN-2026-005
Year2026
Wood speciesScotts Pine
Estimated wood age400 - 4,000 years old
PigmentsResin stained with ground Paduk (African wood red in color)
MountingReclaimed Oak slab from an abandoned stone house in Mayo, Ireland
ResinEpoxy Resin

Every discovery is released with a signed certificate of authenticity recording its materials, dimensions and provenance.

Crawling from the sea, Evolution is a discovery that tells the story of the first conquest of land. For millions of years the land remained empty. Then something changed.

A creature hauled itself from the cold water and entered a world not prepared it. Weight pressed differently upon its body. Movement became struggle. Survival demanded transformation. This discovery captures that threshold crossed. Its form seems caught between worlds. Part swimmer. Part crawler.

There was no promise that the journey would succeed. No destination. No design. Only pressure, adaptation, failure and time.

From that uncertain crawl came forests filled with animals, dinosaurs, mammals and, eventually, us.

The conquest of land began with something small enough to be forgotten. Yet everything followed.

Inspiration & Notes

Mosasaur looking, like a bird or a strange fish, one can see many creatures and perspectives

The Lore

  • Brutalist
  • Organic
  • Organic
  • Unearthly
  • Fossilised
  • Nature
  • Deep Time
  • Transformation
  • Resurrection
  • Survival

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