When a furniture designer thinks of a new chair, he or she is likely to consider its looks, size, durability, construction and – above all – comfort. When an artist with a scientific bent tackles the same project – eh, not so much. These three sci-art seats are long on cool but short on comfy. Continue reading “The Art of Science: Not The Comfy Chair”
Author: michelebanks1
Artist and blogger
Science Caturday: Let’s Call Him Beaker
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The Art of Science: A Portrait in Cells
In 2011, I was starting to plan for an exhibit at the Cafritz Arts Center in Maryland, based around the theme of cells. I knew that I didn’t want to just paint a bunch of various cells – I wanted to use them to express some thoughts about how humans relate to each other. Continue reading “The Art of Science: A Portrait in Cells”
Science Caturday: Quantum Kitty Returns
Dead or alive? Wave or particle? Kittehs handle all the tough physics questions.
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The Art of “The Unfeathered Bird”
Katrina van Grouw’s The Unfeathered Bird is curious hybrid – not a textbook, not quite an art book. Forget definitions, it is a rich and beautiful work with many rewards for readers.
I approached this book as a visual artist and a decidedly non-expert reader, and I will admit an initial bias against it. I love color. I was convinced that a coffee-table book of birds drawn without their feathers was like a book on ice cream that featured only the cones.
I was wrong. Continue reading “The Art of “The Unfeathered Bird””
The Finch and Pea 