The small molecules series continue Briony Marshall’s series of works in which human figures are used to represent the atoms in molecules. This tell of how the same few atoms of biological life come together in different ways to produce very different molecules, each fairly simple, but with its own complex stories to tell. It also tells of how people come together in society to create complex systems.

Glucose is the white sugar we know from our sugar bowl, but it is also one of the main currencies of energy in many living organisms from plants to human beings.