We grow Lunaria annua in our garden, commonly known as honesty. After flowering, the plant produces silicles: translucent, pearly seed pods that have inspired a host of evocative common names, including Judas’s Penny, Money-in-Both-Pockets, Penny Flower, Silver Plate, and Peter’s Pence, all inspired by their shimmering, coin-like appearance. They also remind me of certain sea creatures—comb jellies, salps, or even diatoms—hence my decision to create “a shoal of silicles” as my response to Calder’s Goldfish Bowl – our inspiration for The Kick-About No.164
I’d not worked with resin before, but found the process of using it to encapsulate the dried, silk-like discs to be dangerously addictive. I used a silicone mould that ensured the finished discs popped out with a handy hole for suspending them, and I sourced one of those simple wire mobile frames designed for displaying photographs. The resulting mobile is now hanging in the corner of my home office, and I’m looking over at it as I write these words, enjoying the way it catches the light.
Red's Kingdom 
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