Thread and Needle A giant celestial map from a retro knitting machine! Today we meet an artist who has used her technical ability as a computer engineer to re-programme an old knitting machine to produce an amazing work of art!. Image: Heart of Pluto
Science Do Artists have Different Brains? Chatting a little about the brain inside the artist. And only one picture for you to look at! And no it's not of the inside of a brain! It's the outside of a brain!!
Science TagCloud DaY - the marriage of art and science From our TagCloud - enjoy some past posts on the close relationship between science and art.
Australia Combining Art and Science with Helen Grey A special treat today when we visit the world of self-taught Australian artist Helen Grey and see some of her wonderful wildlife studies and meet - Faye, Samuel, Julio, Zander .. and Thomas who is very special indeed. I won't give any more away - click to see theses amazing creatures.
Outerspace Stunning solar eclipse on 10th of June 2021 We recently saw a 'Super Blood Moon' event, and on the 10th of June 2021, some parts of the world will witness another astrological event. Image: Britannica.com
Performing Arts The face behind Snow-White, the brains behind Bluetooth Hedy Lamarr was born in Vienna in 1914. An only child, Lamarr’s father, a bank director and curious man, inspired her to look at the inner workings of different machines. Lamarr could be found taking apart and reassembling her music box to understand how it operated. Image credit: m.imdb.com
The Moon Look out for a Super Blood Moon! There will be a special lunar event tonight, the 26th of May 2021 - a combination of a Super Moon and a lunar eclipse. Depending where you live, you may be able to see this phenomenal event! Image: reddit.com
Science Quick Response [QR] Codes QR codes have become part of our lives and 6 months ago most of us had no idea what they were. Today Caroline takes us through a history and design lesson on these little codes which are helping to keep us safe. Credit: Bobmath - CC0 Wikimedia Commons
Multimedia The Hayward Gallery, Art and Science & The Threads of Creative Union Showcasing the works of Hicham Berrada who creates illuminated tanks featuring delicate and ephemeral chemical landscapes akin to tiny coral reefs. Also the Coral Reef Crochet pieces by Christine and Margaret Wertheim.
Science Extraordinary Beauty in a Grain of Sand Showcasing the microscopic photography of sand as created by Dr Gary Greenberg.
The Moon One of the Most Memorable Events in Human History Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans has partnered with Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to erect a bronze statue of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
The Moon One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the Moon- Commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and Command module pilot Michael Collins. Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC.
The Moon Sailing on the Sea of Tranquility Sailing on the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis) on the Moon in a paper boat. And what would it be like if we didn't have our moon?
Photography Lucien Rudaux: The Other Father of Astronomical Art Lucien Rudaux must be credited with taking art and the minds and dreams of Earthlings into outer space. An amateur astronomer and professional artist during the 1920s and 1930s produced spacescapes of such accuracy that they still hold up well even today.
Science The Present Meets The Past in the Sky Today I am going to show you a video created through 3D visualization of the Whirlpool Galaxy also known as Messier 51. It is one of the nearest and best examples of a grand design spiral galaxy and Hubble captured it for us in all its glory.
Science Astronomical Art from The Hubble Featured Don Quixote Beneath the Southern Cross - John Pickup; Night Sky by Eric Hines; Pillars of Creation by Zoltan Levay. Plus a video showing how Hubble data and scientific images are turned into works of art.
Statues Constructing the Angel of the North construction of Antony Gormley's Angel of the North and attempt to answer whether it does represent the transition from an industrial to an information age as perceived by Gormley at its inception.
Statues The Angel of the North The Angel of the North is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, North-East England and was erected in 1998.
Science SunSpot of the Week My brain cells are getting warmed up just trying to understand all that technical jargon. Let's just go with saying that a Sunspot is pretty hot. And then I found this wonderful photo shown below taken by Gary Peltz of Seattle
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