'NSex Opening Night

At long last, here are photos from 

the collaborative art and science show I helped with earlier this year.

Next Wednesday we will be attending a reception at the Arizona Science Center

 to celebrate the first annual Arizona Science and Technology Festival!

All pieces were hand-formed with paperclay, underglaze, and low-fire clear glaze. After firing, they were carefully mounted and hung onto a scaffold we build from salvaged desert wood.

(one of the informational blurbs we mounted on stands and placed around the sculpture)

The artist-scientist-sculptors:

 Left to right: Joshua Gibson, Kimberly Shaffer, Morgan MacCallum, David Bradley, Brett Seymoure (top), Lisa Taylor (bottom), and Peter Marting

Beetle

Yixing clay, nichrome wire. 2009. 

This is one of my personal favorites. Burnishing the surface to a gentle sheen, and getting the animal to stand properly were challenging but enjoyable. I miss making this piece -- perhaps I will make more like it in the future.

Co-evolved Beetle

This sketch was done on the back of a receipt, upon discovery of an interesting image in a book I was reading for my Evolution course! If you're ever curious about the topic, Thompson's The Coevolutionary Process is definitely worth reading.

Insecta

Insecta, 11 x 14 in., Pen, 2010

Pogonomyrmex californicus

 California seed-harvester ant

Magdalis frontalis
Weevil