The BIOME deck aims to honor the legacy of incredible naturalists by transforming 54 marine invertebrate illustrations from the works of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny, Carl Chun, Augustus Addison Gould, and Albert I into a functional work of art. Each card’s face serves as a window into the past, featuring a beautifully detailed marine invertebrate illustration.
The illustrations come from book scans and a variety of online resources, such as the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Each suit in the deck represents a different taxon of marine invertebrates.
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