Bacteriologist, Liberal Scientist, Art & Science

Joined May 2009
Adaptation: a creative collaboration with urban Herring Gulls exploringtheinvisible.com/20…
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The Protist Paintings: Rotifers. Extraordinary paintings made by freshwater microbes exploringtheinvisible.com/20…
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An impromptu calendar. A Stolen Spring (Part 1) : a tale of untreatable depression and enforced homelessness, during the pandemic.
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Knotted Light [exploring a novel and sustainable microbiologically derived cotton]. The process begins with a photoautotrophic seed which is cultured, using little more than sunlight, water & air (photosynthesis), harvested, & then converted into a material that is cotton-like.
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Special K: an aesthetic of a controlled drug (Ketamine, DIC microscopy, 100-times magnification). A new #sciart project exploring the capricious aesthetic of the controlled drug Ketamine (an anaesthetic, recreational drug, & a possible therapy for treatment-resistant depression
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Ocean Eyes: "walkin' through a world gone blind" Tears of frustration. (psychic human tears (mine), DIC microscopy, 100-times magnification). Been done before but an expression of my mood today. Black Dog is scratching at the door.
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Snow Over Springfield Farm (2021). Using algorithmic photography to track the fall of individual snowflakes as they fall to Earth.
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Simon Sublime retweeted
In order to stay hydrated, sea snakes drink a thin layer of fresh water that collects on the surface of the ocean, called a "lense", after rain storms and do not drink sea water as previously thought [read more: ow.ly/3gS750vBo7u]
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A bit of bacterial guerrilla propaganda to highlight their importance for all other life. The "red paint" is actually the living and red pigmented Serratia saracens.
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Biological Singulatory. A minute speck of totipotent water vibrates to the frequency of the Earth's Microbiome . Like a virus, it needs a compatible host to replicate and evolve. Its host though is an extraterrestrial planet, I dream!
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It is entirely possible to grow, sustainably, a pair of denim jeans (textile and dye) from just two different kinds of bacteria (or perhaps a denim face mask)
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[m] Self Portrait: this self portrait has not been painted by my visible self but by the bacteria of my gut microbiome. Mixed with watercolours on growth agar & incubated overnight, my bacteria swarm over the media to move the paints, painting, illustrating their power & impact.
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A pigeon flying against a clear sky, taken with an infrared camera. A living, warm blooded, and respiring being against the extreme coldness of space.
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A mesh of plastic microfibres trawled from our local river, the Churnet. Utterly depressing.
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A small poem for Autumn. Tracks made by microscopic animalcules in a minute drop of a small leaf covered woodland puddle. The process of decay and regeneration has already begun.
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How beautiful and telling!
My dad is making me clear out his old books 😭 but... behind them in the pages & on the shelves I found HUNDREDS of clay nests (mud dauber wasps??) The little pots are so beautiful! I've kept those that didn't smash. Look at this...
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