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Gen Barbato

nine circular pieces of artwork on a gray surface

Embroidery Inspiration

Fabric Art

Modern Quilts

Art Quilts

Barbara's Cell - Under the Microscope

Material Mavens: Barbara's Cell - Under the Microscope

many butterflies are sitting on glass plates with holes in the middle that show them's wings

Alan Bur Johnson | Visual Artist

a clock made out of glass sitting on top of a white wall

Cells Artwork

Elegant Paintings

Insects Design

Personal Investigation

Alan Bur Johnson makes delicate clustered sculptures that consist of transparencies in silver frames mounted on dissection pins: “The installations resemble haiku in their enchanting, simple grammar – and, like precise syllables come to luminous life as each framed, wing-like component flickers independently in the wake of an exhalation or current of air passing through the room.”

Black And White Images

White Images

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Art Plastique

Jessica Palmer has a PhD in Molecular Biology and has been blogging about the intersection of art and biology since 2006.

a group of glass vases sitting on top of a white wall

Insect Exhibition

Photographic Installation

swarm — ALAN BUR JOHNSON

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two circular mirrors with images of birds on them

Alan Bur Johnson | Visual Artist

an abstract painting of multicolored lines and shapes

Keep Smile

Microscopic Photography

Tasty Bits

Must View On Black! This is a thin rock section seen through the 10x objective of a Motic BA300 Polarizing microscope. These were the actual colors and are NOT photoshop generated. If you were using this microscope you would rotate a polarizer and the colors would change. A Geologist (very loose term here) could notate the changes in the colors when turning the polarizer and determine what minerals are in the rock. I on the other hand can only tell you the microscope works as it's suppos...

an abstract painting with different colors and patterns on it's surface, including trees

Illustration Inspiration

Gallery: Hidden Rainbows in Ordinary Rocks

I miss microscope work mainly for these visuals. So gorgeous! By slicing rocks very thin and using special filters, geologists can turn a drab-looking rock sample into a slice of color. These photographs zoom in on tiny sections of rock just a few millimeters across. The images can tell geologists about the formation and composition of a rock, or, as Italian geoscientist Bernardo Cesare discovered, they can provide a palette for artistic beauty.