After a very stressful week, Boston Kitteh plans to devote this Caturday to baseball and napping. We approve.
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Author: michelebanks1
Artist and blogger
The Art of Science: Plant Biology Blossoms in Metal
Insect eggs and chloroplasts are among the inspirations for the beautiful handcrafted jewelry of Janice Ho. She describes her work as making “miniature worlds, three-dimensional snapshots of natural elements, and portraits of plants and their littlest parts in silver, gold, enameled copper, and porcelain.” Ho lives and works in an artists’ colony in Hannibal, Missouri that incorporates an old jail (!) and a big garden where she observes plants and insects up close.
She also studies plant biology diagrams, one of which was the basis for this piece, Not an Actual Life Cycle. She explains, “I’ve always loved the layout associated with these illustrations and have translated that into the framework of this piece. The elements represented include details of a poppy seed pod, a plant cell, mason bee house, and paper wasp nest.”
She has made other pieces representing mitosis, photosynthesis, pollination, and the miracle of stink-bug birth, among many others.
You can find many more examples of her work on her website, along with a schedule of upcoming shows.
Science Caturday: Tax Time
It’s the last weekend before tax day, so the science kitties have taken time off from their important research to help you with any last-minute filing issues.
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The Art of Science: Engineering Nature
Photo by Pete Duvall
Michael Enn Sirvet is a sculptor, a nature lover and structural engineer. All of these come together in his work in wood, plastic and metal, which he says are “inspired by chaotic and yet uniform naturally occurring patterns, and the technology and industry which mimic them.”
This 2012 sculpture, The Orb of Tranquility, is made up of two aluminum dishes with multiple holes and an LED light source between them. Its name and shape evoke the moon, stars and planets. Its intricately patterned surface, however, may be more reminiscent of atoms, molecules, or dividing cells.
Although his work is based in nature, industrial materials and technology form an intrinsic part of Sirvet’s sculpture. “The most organic of my sculptures are industrial, and the most engineered of my pieces reflect primitive natural calm.”
You can see more of Michael Enn Sirvet’s work at his website.
Science Caturday: The Latest from CERN
The super-advanced physics kitties at CERN (Chats Européens pour la Recherche Nucléaire) haz some good news and bad news. First the bad news:
Oops. Luckily, they has builded anofer amazing particle accelerator thingie, and this one will crack it for sure. Introducing the
Oooooooh, shiny! Stay tuna-ed for moar updates.
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The Finch and Pea 