An exact casting of a tiny common milkweed seed. The original seed was planted in a meadow after the mold was made.

NATURAL HISTORY

Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed is native to North America and an important species to pollinators. The genus name, Asclepias, commemorates Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine because many plants in the milkweed family have been used for medicinal purposes over time. Milkweed loves sun and helps to rehabilitate areas that have been disturbed.

Milkweed is the host plant of monarch caterpillars. Compounds present in milkweed plants (and especially high in common milkweed), glycosides, make monarch larvae and adult butterflies toxic to birds and deter predation.

METAPHOR

Resilience and wildness. The sound of humming insects on a summer afternoon.

MATERIALS DETAILS

seed is approximately .2 inches | 5 mm across

recycled sterling silver | recycled 14k yellow gold

comes with sterling silver / 14k gold backings

sold individually or as a pair