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Haruyo Kawashima, illus. for Kansatsu ehon kindabukku, vol. 6, no. 7, 1933

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I remember flipping through my grandpa’s old dictionary as a child and just being immersed into the illustrations. Here’s one of its pages.

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I received this massive wonderful book for my birthday - full of information about and the art of Ernst Haeckel (one of my favorite artists and a true sciartist ). Ernst Haeckel was one of the first people to show the world how insane the tiny organisms living in the ocean are, sometimes they look too intricate to be real. It makes me think about that theory that if there are aliens here they are living in the ocean, you could almost believe that looking at some of the organisms that Haeckel has illustrated.

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Now that Why the Sky is officially open and renovated I can share some of my favorite new additions! This wasn’t the final draft, but it was one of my favorite graphics that I made. Mainly because I love the whole concept of a rockoon: don’t have the money to launch a rocket using stages and fuel? Just use a giant balloon. Whatever works!

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Your body is constantly refreshing itself, bit by bit. But every cell type turns over at a different rate. 

Is there anything that stays constant for your entire life? Find out in our latest video:

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Weekend work: I never really *loved* histology until I had to explore it in depth for this project. Looking at all of the different cells in the body is like looking at the night sky. Even more amazing is how the trillions of distinct cells inside of each of our bodies all work together to keep the human body running.

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Chanterelle mushrooms

Gouache and Acryla gouache on watercolor paper

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1) Development of a fish

2) Development of a bird

Illustrations taken from ‘Le Monde de la Mer’ by Alfred Fredol.

Published 1866 by L. Hachette.

Wellcome Library.

archive.org

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I just learned about #makevember today - it's like #inktober but instead of an ink drawing everyday you challenge yourself to make something everyday - it can be artsy, electronic, whatever. So for my first day of #makevember I'm sharing one of my favorite science experiments that me and my fellow makers in residence came up with at @sciowa last summer- painting with electricity! This isn't paint- it's just water. But the paintbrush has been connected to a few batteries. When the electrically charged water touches the aluminum, it causes a chemical reaction called anodizing to occur resulting in a color change.

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I got to spend yesterday sharing my collection of 3D printed skulls and bones with Science Center visitors during their spooky science event. The anatomical knowledge of some of these kids was blowing my mind! Some of them walked up and told me exactly which bones are which and where they go. A lot of kids thought that I had printed dinosaur bones 😂 There's never a dull moment during conversations with little kids.

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India ink on paper

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Normal spinal anatomy at half life size compared to an osteoarthritis-affected life sized section of the spine. Crystals have been grown on the life sized section to mimic the bony growths that grow on our spines as we age. This is another piece that was created during my artists residency at area515

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One of my pieces from my artists residency at @area515dsm . The rib cage was created from a real patient CT scan and was 3D printed at the space. The branches of the lungs were also created from CT scans and were then cut out of paper using a laser cutter.

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Getting everything ready for the art show this Friday 💀💀 (at Area515)

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Finished piece- laser cut histology. This piece was created from a histology slide that depicted a cross section of the scalp. (at Area515)

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So a year ago I submitted a portfolio to the Cornell lab of Ornithology for an internship in scientific illustration and ended up not getting it. It hit my ego pretty hard and no matter how I tried to rationalize it I was still upset. However here I am a year later and a year better, applying again. I may not get it this time either but I’m certainly feeling more at ease with it knowing that I can not only take rejection but try to get better in spite of it. Good luck to other illustrators out there.

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3D printed section of the vertebral column at life size from a CT scan. (at Area515)