Archival Note Card Mechanical Integrations by Michael Pantuso: Nautilus

Striped shell with a gearbox hiding in the whorl, and an eye like a lens.

This archival note card, mechanical integrations series is by Michael Pantuso. It is archival paper. The note card is a small folded or flat card made for brief messages, and it has been a familiar form of personal correspondence for well over a century. Landscape card with a spiral shell banded in rust-orange and cream, curling into a head of orange tentacles. A silver mechanical eye and ribbed grille sit where the opening would be. Signature at lower right. It is 7 inches long and 5 high.

The spiral does the talking, the gears do the mumbling.