found this abandoned quilt top while cleaning and had to finish it up finally. screen printed and sewn last semester and finally quilted and bound yesterday. using holographic foils to emulate the glassy appearance of diatoms under the microscope, i sewed a log cabin pattern as a playful nod to the idea that diatoms live in tiny glass houses.
Funeral for a friend: decay, extinction, and saying goodbye
This paper-mache 1:1 scale allosaurus bust holds a special place in my heart, he’s one of the first sculptures I ever made. Apologies for the level of scientific accuracy here—it was 2013, I was young and naive.
The planets have aligned in an unfortunate way, and it’s time for me to send him off to the great beyond. I’ve fretted for a long time about how to do this.
I decided to let him slip away in a slow decay, rather than a blaze of glory. I’ll be documenting my buddy here slowly melt back into the earth. He’s made of paper, cardboard, and flour paste; I’ll gather up his polymer clay teeth as they shake loose during his final rest in my parents’ backyard. Big thank you to my folks for allowing me to do this weird thing.
For as long as it takes I’ll document the process of my allosaurus friend disappearing. I’ve been thinking a lot about loss and goodbyes in the past few years. Decay too. The permanence of it all makes my stomach twist, even for a silly dinosaur sculpture. Once it’s gone it can’t come back
The light of life and the scientific method. These points of light and inspiration stand in contrast to the lanterns and lights that are historically thought to be sources of illumination but are now dimmed; mythologies and superstitions humans have created as we struggled in the dark of ignorance to understand our world. But the process of science has revealed a luminous planet, glowing with the magic of biological reality, more intricate and amazing than we could have ever imagined.
We want to introduce you to these two mini tardigrade sculptures:
-Millnesium Tardigradum: A microscopic predator known for its voracious appetite.
-Eschiniscus Testudo: Recognized for its protective armor and long appendages.
Printed in resin, and hand-painted with vibrant acrylics.
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Alright science art and paleo art folks go gentle on me.
If I was to do these for a gallery showing I think I'd need at least a couple of weeks for research and notes alone. More if I reached out to researchers for paper access and feedback. Speculative armored invertebrates, Dickinsonia, speculative medusa, Charnia, Spriggina, Kimberella, Arkarua, & their trace fossils.
Bisected Sponge, 15x14in, cotton fabrics with glue resist dye treatment, cotton batting and thread
study of an 1800’s era sea sponge illustration on fabric, cut into pieces and rearranged. if interested in this piece please inquire via dm, flexible pricing :)
I don’t usually post art to this account but this one felt appropriate! A stained glass watercolor piece of Mula resonans, based on @apsciencebydan’s photography ❤️
I plan to make this into an art series, because it was super fun to paint! Reference on iNat linked below
I'm the archive pigeon. I collect vintage botanical and zoological illustrations from science publications and make them available on t-shirts, stickers, hoodies, notebooks, and more!
you can see the current collection at archivepigeon.threadless.com. I'm going to be adding more over the next few weeks. thanks for checking it out!