Heavenly Bodies / Bea Haines (UK)
Heavenly Bodies was created by using a Scanning Electron Microscope to visualize the detailed topography of the stones’ surface, transmuting them into objects of celestial beauty. Body stones (or calculi) are formed by the build-up of mineral salts within the body. Like comets or pearls, they are accidental waste products of the body, or as nurses used to call them, “tombstones to dead bacteria”.
Credit: Jürgen Grünwald
Heavenly Bodies / Bea Haines (UK)
Heavenly Bodies was created by using a Scanning Electron Microscope to visualize the detailed topography of the stones’ surface, transmuting them into objects of celestial beauty. Body stones (or calculi) are formed by the build-up of mineral salts within the body. Like comets or pearls, they are accidental waste products of the body, or as nurses used to call them, “tombstones to dead bacteria”.
Credit: Jürgen Grünwald