Art on Science

Magpie & Whiskey Jack, By Minouette (scientist by vocation artist by avocation): I like to blog about the intersection and cross-breeding of art and science. Today I bring you some beautiful objects which are really more just art  on  top  of  scientific  ephemera - but  they are lovely.Philadelphia- based 

   Laughing Skeleton

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multi-media artist Matthew Cox embroiders x-ray photographs. He writes about the contrast between the labour-intensive needle work and the rapid technological image making, the decorative and artisanal versus the x-ray images "devoid of aesthetic intention", the stereotypically feminine art of embroidery     versus     the     stereotypically    male    technological    output.

Wading Knees

(via Honestly WTF)
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You know I love a wunderkammer and adore scientific collections re-imagined. CoriKindred, one of myEtsy favorites, has done something of such beautiful simplity. She's created rock collections of beautiful minerals, and labelled them whimsically, with unexpected, conceptual names. It's easier to look at than to describe, but it's like she's managed to illustrate things as ephemeral or intangible as anticipation incarnate as a rock, simply     by    adding   typewritten   labels .   Read    Full:    Art    on    Science

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