Sculptor Cornelia Kubler Kavanagh‘s concern for water and the ocean inspires her work. For “The Pteropod Project: Charismatic Microfauna,” she collaborated with WHOI biologist Gareth Lawson, who studies these animals, to create aluminum and bronze sculptures of pteropods, tiny planktonic snails. Pteropods are important food for larger ocean animals, but ocean acidificaton may affect their…