Cover of The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon. Written by Ailsa Wild, Illustrated by Aviva Reed and Created by Dr. Gregory Crocetti. Published by Scale Free Network, 2014.

Selected page from The Squid, the Vibrio & the Moon. Written by Ailsa Wild, Illustrated by Aviva Reed and Created by Dr. Gregory Crocetti. Published by Scale Free Network, 2014.

Forest study in watercolour, pen & ink by Aviva Reed, 2015.

Mites attacking a nematode. Early sketches for Xenos' Feast by Aviva Reed.

Inspirational Scientific Imagery: 100x magnified photograph of a springtail grazing on soil microbes.

Inspirational Scientific Imagery: A tiny section of the 'Wood Wide Web'. Image of how a plant root is massively extended by its fungal partner (mycorrhizae).

Inspirational Scientific Imagery: 3000x magnification electron micrograph of bacteria in a soil landscape.

Inspirational Scientific Imagery: 500x magnification electron micrograph of a Water Bear (also known as a moss piglet or Tardigrade) - found in all healthy soil environments.

Inspirational Scientific Imagery: Electron micrograph of Bacteria lining the interior surface of a plant. 2000x magnification (LHS) 5000x magnification (RHS)