I recently saw a film starring Will
Smith, he was on some kind of mission, possibly redemptive. It was an
unremittingly sententious spectacle, but worth watching because of
the jellyfish that fascinated our hero;
W. Smith is not alone in having
jellyfish in a jar.
My jellyfish are made of rubber,
they're aquarium decorations I bought in a pet shop. My initial idea
was to have them in my fish tank -
- but the flourescent lights
highlighted the fishing line that anchored the bouyant jellyfish;
the line isn't so apparent in their present setting.
The body of the specimen jar is a vase
bought in IKEA. The base is made up of a couple of ash trays. An
inverted biscuit tin forms the lid whose glass apex is the top from a
candy jar. The lid and base are sprayed black. The jellyfish are
tethered to lumps of lava and Salvinia natans floats on the
surface. I'm hoping that the water will be turned green by the
sunlight and give the display an ethereal feel as well as hiding the
fishing line.
In the days since I wrote that last
sentence (so laden with a prescience born of vast experience and
astute observation) the water has stayed clear as that of a mountain
stream and the jellyfish have turned green;
Mmm...
