古代三叶虫和现代昆虫的青铜制品

艾伦·德拉蒙德是芝加哥大学生物化学、分子生物学和人类遗传学副教授。几年前，德拉蒙德开始将他对化石和史前海洋生物的广泛研究转化为详细的计算机效果图，然后用3D打印和青铜铸造。尽管他的许多雕塑灵感来自于三叶虫等古代生物，但他也创作了现代昆虫，比如螳螂和大眼睛跳蛛。德拉蒙德目前在西雅图的Roq La Rue画廊有一个个展，展览将持续到2019年1月6日。除了几座大型个体雕塑，展览还展示了一排挂在墙上的三叶虫。游客们移走这些铜片，可以详细地探索它的底面——随着时间的推移，这种生物经常被化石侵蚀。

D. Allan Drummond (previously) is an associate professor of biochemistry, molecular biology, and human genetics at the University of Chicago. A few years ago Drummond began turning his extensive research of fossils and prehistoric sea creatures into detailed computer renderings which he then 3D prints and casts in bronze. Although many of his sculptures are inspired by ancient creatures like the trilobite, which existed for over 270 million years before its extinction 250 years ago, he also creates modern-day insects such as praying mantises and large bug-eyed jumping spiders.Drummond currently has a solo exhibition titled “Curiosityat Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle through January 6th, 2019. In addition to several large individual sculptures, the show features a grid of wall-mounted trilobites that pay homage to the work of the 19th-century illustrator and naturalist Ernst Haeckel. Visitors are encouraged to remove the bronze pieces to explore the underside in greater detail—a part of the creature which is often eroded in fossils over time. You can see more of Drummond’s metal recreations of animals past and present on Instagram.