The Origami Hunter

The piece features Lacrymaria olor, a single-cell organism with the remarkable ability to shape-shift as it hunts. When ready to strike, it unfolds tiny pleats along its membrane, extending several times its length to capture distant prey. The illustrations bring this process to life, depicting the microscopic origami that drives the hunter as it transitions between contracted and elongated states.

These illustrations appeared on the cover of the June 2024 issue and within a research article, published in print, online, and featured across social media.

CLIENTS: Stanford University, Science Magazine

LINKS: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn9351