Ivan Aivazovsky, The Firing of the Turkish Fleet by Kanaris (detail), 1881
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Check out the exclusive article on the epic Print Posse collective over at Blurppy, HERE.
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. - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com.
Olafur Eliasson & Ma Yansong - Feelings are Facts (2010)
A couple of advanced color comps for book covers that will never be. It was a fun gig but the client decided to go in another direction. The compositions allowed for typography at the top of both so it seems a little barren without it, but I liked the way the images were turning out!
