The Art of Science

Discover Magazine had a post recently about Tiffany Ard’s artwork. She does watercolor and pen and ink childrens drawings of the laws of physics and other science-y stuff. Which reminded me that I have a backlog of art-as-science/science-as-art links. I started getting interested in this connection about 10 years  ago when I stumbled on a book of poetry called Verse and Universe. Then when genetic sampling came down in price a couple of years ago, someone started a company to make artwork of your DNA. So if you’re science-minded and appreciate art in its many forms, here’s some eye candy.

• Andrea Dezso embroiders images of parts of the human body like the heart shown here.
• Almost two years ago Carl Zimmer wrote one innocuous blog post wondering if scientists get tattooed with their science. There was such a huge response that he now collects science-themed tattoos and created the Science Tattoo Emporium.
• Lee Tracy took brain scans and created a multi-media installation.
• DNA11 is just one of the companies that now makes artwork from DNA.
• Lynn Fellman makes artwork related to your DNA as well, but adds a more representational narrative about your genetic origins.
• Electroplankton is a Nintendo DS game that lets you manipulate marine plankton icons designed by artist Toshio Iwai to create ambient music.
• Jewelry designed to look like the periodic table of elements is for sale at It’s No Name.
• Toybreaker makes ties with images drawn from scientific diagrams and technology.

Heart © Andrea Deszo “Heart Embroidery”
Ties © Toybreaker