Ceramics/AP Biology Sculpture

E. Weir used her biological knowledge in her Ceramics class to produce this object d'art to represent the mitochondria. The dark blue "ovoid" portion is the outer membrane of the organelle. The orange/yellow "wavy" area within represents the inner membrane of the cristae of this organelle. The arches or arms extending outward represent the cell cytoskeleton (microtubules) which allow cell organelles to move through the cell's cytoplasm.