Gamochonia Octopus - Ernst Haeckel, 1904. (Sea Life Wall Art)
This print feels quiet and focused. Two octopus forms sit on the page like a clean study, with curled arms and rows of suction cups that pull you in when you get close. It works as wall art in a study, office, or reading corner where you want your home decor to feel thoughtful, not busy.
About this octopus print
This sea life illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), published in sets between 1899. and 1904. and collected in 1904. The full work is built around 100 carefully designed pages that treat real organisms like a set of forms you can compare, almost like nature arranged into clean notes.
The label “Gamochonia” refers to a group of cephalopods described by Haeckel as “tube-funnel” forms, and the German heading on this page reads “Trichterkraken.” The point is not drama or ocean scenery. It is structure: arms, suckers, and the way the body changes when it shifts position. If you like that same “nature as geometry” feeling, Ostraciontes continues it with harder, armored shapes, but the same calm layout.
Craft & finish
This octopus art print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Sea Life Art collection.
Gamochonia Octopus (Ernst Haeckel, 1904.) - Vintage Animal Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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