Photomicrography vs Text in Art

Eureka!

My research into the use of text in Art has opened up an entirely new area onto which I now appear to be hooked---brightfield microscopy and digital photomicrography.

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What began as an attempt to orientate my batik text painting towards a more "organic" aesthetic, has led me into the fascinating hidden world of Microbiology and Materials Science.

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The photomicrographs produced in digital microscopy are unlike anything I've ever seen. I am absolutely fascinated and transfixed my the images captured by microscope-mounted digital cameras.

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This is a relatively new field of digital photography which I've been keenly exploring. I see great potential for the seemingly divergent fields of microbiology, Materials Science and Art to meet. Thankfully, Prof Matthews requested the chief lab technician, Mr Ho, to allow me to further my visual arts research with the help of the compound microscopes and cover slips at the Natural Sciences and Science Education Biology Lab .

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Instead of incorporating microscopy into my batik text painting, I see the potential of making microscopy the focus of my visual art research, and the possibility of producing a series of photomicrographic prints as the final product. Would it be too late at this juncture to explore a new theme and medium?

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Please scroll down to view sketches and batik paintings inspired by my research on microscopy, photomicrographs and illumination techniques used by digital microscopists thus far.

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