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Ology Exhibition

Interactive Sculpture room. The Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY. 2013.

Install Detail. Interactive Sculpture room. The Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY. 2013.

Sediment Transport Series

Placer, Alluvial, Continental, Lithic, and Silica sands, Mica Flake, Glass, Silicon. Ology Exhibition. 2013 (located on curved wall)

Fertile eARTh - abbv. Dig Pit

Pine and Spruce wood, Fertile soil, Organic Matter, living microbes. 2013. DIGGING PERMITTED.

Detail. Pine and Spruce wood, Fertile soil, Organic Matter, living microbes. 2013. DIGGING PERMITTED.

Microbial Brew House ⎯

Microbial Brew House ⎯ The Vermicomposting Farm. Pine and Spruce wood, extrusive igneous rock, shale, sandstones, limestone, Alluvial sand sediments, natural mulched cedar, fertile soil, Eisenia fetida (red wiggler worms), vascular cambium (bark), Decaying Organic Matter, Microbes, Schizophyllum commune (White Rot Bark, Conk Mushrooms), Pelxiglas. 6' x 4' x 8", on stand: 6' x 7 x 8". 2013.

Microbial Brew House

Worm Detail.

Microbial Brew House

Worm Detail.

Deposition Demonstration

- The Fluvial Cycle Table Pine and Spruce wood, Stream Table System, Fine Silicon Sand, Clay, Concretion rocks, Dihydrogen monoxide (water) 2013

Deposition Demonstration

- The Fluvial Cycle Table Pine and Spruce wood, Stream Table System, Fine Silicon Sand, Clay, Concretion rocks, Dihydrogen monoxide (water) 2013

Deposition Demonstration

Sand Detail with Concretions

Deposition Demonstration

Sand Detail

Ology Laboratory Installation.

Ology Laboratory - ologist: R. M. Merritt Research room installation, various materials, organic matter, specimens, rock collection. 2011-13.

Install Detail. Ology Laboratory - ologist: R. M. Merritt. Research room installation, various materials, organic matter, specimens, rock collection. 2011-13.

Install Detail. Enter the Ology Laboratory - Research room installation, various materials, organic matter, specimens, rock collection. 2011-13.

Wetland Curiosities

Ology Laboratory - ologist: R. M. Merritt. Research room installation, various materials, organic matter, specimens, rock collection. 2011-13.

Wetland Curiosities

Wetland Curiosities.

Detail. Ology Laboratory - ologist: R. M. Merritt. Research room installation, various materials, organic matter, specimens, rock collection. 2011-13.

Wetland Curiosities

Detail. Ology Laboratory - ologist: R. M. Merritt. Research room installation, various materials, organic matter, specimens, rock collection. 2011-13.

Decomposing Terrarium

Object in Research room installation, various materials, decaying organic matter, microbes, pin cherry wood, moss, bulbs, insects, water, plastic. 2011-13.