For now, here's an AWESOME collection of artwork made using diatoms, which are single-celled algae. They are beautiful little organisms that have a glassy outer "shell", so to speak, which gives them these cool geometric shapes.
Check it out!
This article was apparently published in September, but I didn't have time to notice it then. I just recently showed it to my marine biology class, and they thought it was pretty cool. More accurately, there were mixed looks of "what the what!?" and a lot of questions concerning how long the arrangements must have taken. There's a well-done little video accompanying the article that goes into the logistics of making these stunning pieces.
I just love it when science and art intersect. Here's a sample of the artwork by Klaus Kemp (and yes, each one of those little shapes is one cell, and the different shapes are different species of diatoms).
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