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Michelle Morin

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canisfamiliaris:

The Unsettling Beauty of Lethal Viruses

To create a body of work he calls “Glass Microbiology,” [Luke] Jerram has enlisted the help of virologist Andrew Davidson from the University of Bristol and the expertise of professional glassblowers Kim George, Brian George and Norman Veitch.

Together, the cross-disciplinary team brings hazardous pathogens, such as the H1N1 virus or HIV, to light in translucent glass forms.

The artist  insists that his sculptures be colorless, in contrast to the images scientists sometimes disseminate that are enhanced with bright hues:

“Viruses have no color as they are smaller than the wavelength of light,” says Jerram, in an email. “So the artworks are created as alternative representations of viruses to the artificially colored imagery we receive through the media.”

Jerram and Davidson create sketches, which they then take to the glassblowers, to see whether the intricate structures of the diseases can be replicated in glass, at approximately one million times their original size.

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heaveninawildflower:

 Roman mosaic of ducks from the House of the Wild Boar in Pompeii.

Naples National Archaeological Museum.

Photographed by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011) Wikimedia.

If this isn’t an instant reblog then you’re just weird.

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puszcza:

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Frederick Ruysch, Jan Van Neck, 1683.

Notice that the umbilical cord is a gilded rope.

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visitheworld:

The Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974 by some local villagers in Xi’an, China (by LeelooDallas).

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graciesnippe:

Café Terrace at Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

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nevver:

Milky Way, We are here

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pixbyrichard:

a map of Pangaea - the Earth 240 million years ago

poster art on Redbubble

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