Pacific Marks Art Prints – Set of 3

Anyone seeing these stones for the first time might think they were a work of art created by human hands. Their round openings are too regular, their shapes too precise. Yet no human created them; they are the work of mollusks.

Piddocks bore into soft rock, creating their own chambers within. Using their ridged shells, they rasp away the rock, working their way ever deeper into the stone. This results in small, precisely crafted sculptures that look as if they were made by human hands.

When the mollusks move on, their boreholes remain in the stone. The soft rock is surprisingly light and fragile. Even slight pressure can cause the delicate forms to break.

Our stones come from a beach in Bolinas, California. Their unusual lightness became the starting point for our interpretation. For "Pacific Marks," we documented them and staged them photographically so that they appear to float freely above the paper.

• Set of 3 limited art prints
• Format: A3, each 297 × 420 mm
• Risograph printed in Zurich, Switzerland
• Lessebo natural paper, 200 g/m²
• Cradle to Cradle Certified® and FSC®-certified paper
• Limited edition: 200 copies
• Swiss Made
• Concept & design: Bienvenue Studios