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A collection of 23 posts

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

Photography

Electrifying electron microscope photography!

Today we look at some incredible images taken by an electron microscope ...... some nice, and some not so nice! Image: Household dust, from "Microcosmos" by Brandon Broll and sciencephoto.com

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.

Science

Art Arising from Advances in Science

Associate Professor Michelle Dunstone, imaging the shape of proteins, is making an important contribution to science. She captures images that allow scientists to visualise the behaviour of "hole punching" proteins, called pore forming proteins. The images form beautiful works of art.

Science

TURNING STEM into STEAM & MEETING the ARTIST-SCIENTIST

Showcasing examples of science and art through ploymaths & artist/scientists: Su Song, Leonardo da Vinci, Stephen Mushin,Caroline Ometz.

The Moon

Shadows on the Moon

Looking at images of shadows on the moon.

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