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messy desk in the aftermath of chemistry...
my dad made this desk for me, i needed something bigger and more conducive to study (i.e. able to fit a laptop, textbook, notebook and printed notes simultaneously)
so after shopping at ikea and finding nothing i liked, dad built me this desk over the weekend.
i repaid him with a big hug, a big kiss and some chocolate :D
artifact name: Periodic Table Model
maker: Dr. Donald Stedman
date: circa 1947
cat. no. 1995.0335
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Reading Artifacts Summer Institute RASI 2011
Team members: Chris Miedema, Kristen Frederick-Frost, Ann Robinson, & Ken Corbett
This might show how big of a nerd I can be at times, but this idea came to me. I liked it and so here it is. I am not 100% thrilled with the final image, but I liked how it looks on my apartment wall.
It truly represents all memories from my life over the last 2 years or so...
melrose, massachusetts
circa 1955
nick with fellow engineers
transitron electronic corporation
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
artifact name: Periodic Table Model
maker: Dr. Donald Stedman
date: circa 1947
cat. no. 1995.0335
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Reading Artifacts Summer Institute RASI 2011
Team members: Chris Miedema, Kristen Frederick-Frost, Ann Robinson, & Ken Corbett
Rhenium (pronunciation: /ˈriːniəm/ ree-nee-əm) is a chemical element with the symbol Re and atomic number 75. It is a silvery-white, heavy, third-row transition metal in group 7 of the periodic table. With an average concentration of 1 part per billion (ppb), rhenium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust. The free element has the third-highest melting point and highest boiling point of any element. Rhenium resembles manganese chemically and is obtained as a by-product of molybdenum and copper refinement. Rhenium shows in its compounds a wide variety of oxidation states ranging from −1 to +7.
Discovered in 1925, rhenium was the last stable element to be discovered. It was named after the river Rhine in Europe.
Nickel-based superalloys for use in jet engines contain up to 6% rhenium, making jet engine construction the largest use for the element, with chemical industry catalytic uses being next-most important. Because of the low availability relative to demand, rhenium is among the most expensive industrial metals, with an average price of approximately US$4,575 per kilogram, on 1 August 2011.
Macro playtime at the lab again... major nerd alert! *LOL*
For the uninitiated ones: black = carbon, red = oxygen, blue = nitrogen, white = hydrogen, green = I ran out of white, sorry... :-P
The biochemists among the visitors to my photostream might have recognized it already - the nitrogen in the front is part of a peptide bond.
Dysprosium ( /dɪsˈproʊziəm/ dis-proh-zee-əm) is a chemical element with the symbol Dy and atomic number 66. It is a rare earth element with a metallic silver luster. Dysprosium is never found in nature as a free element, though it is found in various minerals, such as xenotime. Naturally occurring dysprosium is composed of 7 isotopes, the most abundant of which is 164Dy.
Dysprosium was first identified in 1886 by Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, but was not isolated in pure form until the development of ion exchange techniques in the 1950s. Dysprosium is used for its high thermal neutron absorption cross-section in making control rods in nuclear reactors, for its high magnetic susceptibility in data storage applications, and as a component of Terfenol-D. Soluble dysprosium salts are mildly toxic, while the insoluble salts are considered non-toxic.
I wanted to experiment with printing an oil based etching over a water based screen print so I pulled out this etched copper plate . I quickly hand painted a screen with drawing fluid and screen filler and printed the background green with a loose mix of grey. I was told the oil wouldn't stick to the screen print ink. Obviously, it worked just fine.
I used warm, washed out green tones for this time around, rather than the bright blues and cold black of the first edition.. Then I added some colored pencil lines to old it up a little more. While the registration isn't as exact this time around, I think it looks a little bit more worn out and vintagey, closer to what I wanted the first time around.
Available in my etsy shop.
printed by Laura Fisk of Fisk and Fern
"I originally picked Ruthenium because it had an intriguing name and I figured a good name had to lead to an interesting element. In reading about Ruthenium, it's a member of the platinum group and doesn't tarnish at normal temperatures. There are a few tangible things that contain Ruthenium - sometimes alloyed in gold jewelry, the turbine blades of jet engines, or the nibs of some fountain pens. A could make great images, but the fountain pen image struck me the most. Ruthenium is especially used in teh (apparently) famous Parker 51 fountain pen. The pen in my printed element resembles the look of the Parker 51, which I found to be more rounded than the usual fountain tip.
The print is a two-color hand printed woodblock print, printed with oil based inks.
I think this is the one. I have about 8 versions now, but this one is the best combination.
The corner with the sun I put a protective quarter circle between the solid blue inked block and the paper. I printed it several times to get the color I wanted and at different pressures. Then a ghost dark grey layer for the clouds. Finally I inked the sun/balloon block in red, then inked yellow over the red for the center of the sun so it only partially blended to get the gradations of color.
I made this quilt for my sister, Jenny.
I designed the fabric and had it printed at Spoonflower.com
The fabric can be purchased here:
Well, my meeting seemed to go well enough but we'll know more about the final outcome tomorrow.
For today though, check out this monster that brought some levity to the day.
The science techs have been grafting away like champions to produce this masterpiece of bakery. It's an entire colour coded and correctly arranged periodic table rendered in fairy cakes.
I then ruined the miracle of Mendeleev by gobbling antimony. Shame on me. ;)
Periodic Table in Art Deco - Phosphorus
Copyright © 2011 by Ian J MacDonald. Permission required for any use. All rights reserved
Design for an illustrated book of the periodic table. don't know if this is final or will be redone more neatly. I love science and illustration and believe there is unbelievable beauty in both. Both explain the world in it's amazing complexity. Anyway this idea came from looking at the frescoes and bronze plaques and designs that adorn Art-Deco era buildings. In Deco there is a tradition of portraying ideas and endeavors as gods and goddesses that embody the essence of them.
In this case phosphorous is displayed as a twirling figure. - reminiscent of the DNA double helix. Although phosphorus has many roles, some destructive, some neutral, some beneficial, I chose to focus on its most, perhaps, significant role to us - as the backbone of DNA. All life literally hinges on its chemical properties. Phosphorous based fertilizers have produced unprecedented yields of food, by supplying the needed Phosphorous for plants to grow rapidly - much of it going to DNA production. Phosphorous fertilizer (and previously detergents) have also over-nutrified many of our waters allowing the some algae and bacteria to grow uncontrollably (since they too use much of it for DNA production) leading to de-oxygenated dead zones and toxic waters.
Finally the figure glows orange and red in a nod to it's also very notable role in starting fire and providing heatless and electricity-free light via phosphorescence.
The rest so far can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/ianmacdonald/sets/72157627669547200/
Periodic Table category:
* Lithium: Not sure, it had a sharpness to it and was medicinal.
* Phosphorus: My first whiff was DIRT but then it seemed smooth. Maybe some sandalwood??
* Iodine: Tea Tree
* Hydrogen: Liked this one -- it reminded me of the Hollyberry & Mistletoe inquest.
* Helium: Airy and light, fresh.
* Beryllium: Ozoney
* Strontium: Foody?? The first thought I had was caramel.
This shows how Mendeleev organized the periodic table back in 1869. You can see the basic organizational structure taking shape, even though he only had 63 elements to work with.
Macro playtime at the lab again... major nerd alert! *LOL*
For the uninitiated ones: black = carbon, red = oxygen, blue = nitrogen, white = hydrogen, yellow = sulfur, green = I ran out of white, sorry... :-P
And yes, one of the carbons lost one of its covalent bonds. Oh no! I guess it was shear force that ripped the chain apart.
Printed by Terry Peart.
Details:
It's a linocut, printed with black Daniel Smith water-soluble relief ink, then hand-colored with colored pencils on Mulberry paper.
Molybdenum, (from the Greek meaning "lead-like"), is a chemical element in the periodic table with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. It has the sixth highest melting point of any element, and for this reason it is often used in high-strength steel alloys.The ability of molybdenum to withstand extreme temperatures without significantly expanding or softening make it useful in applications that involve intense heat, including aircraft parts, electrical contacts, industrial motors, and filaments . It is also used to make large weapons, such as these anti-aircraft guns depicted in my print the battleship USS Missouri fondly known as the "Mighty Mo". (I couldn't resist).
Cerium /ˈsɪəriəm/ is a chemical element with the symbol Ce and atomic number 58. It is a soft, silvery, ductile metal which easily oxidizes in air. Cerium was named after the dwarf planet Ceres (itself named for the Roman goddess of agriculture). Cerium is the most abundant of the rare earth elements, making up about 0.0046% of the Earth's crust by weight. It is found in a number of minerals, the most important being monazite and bastnasite. Commercial applications of cerium are numerous. They include catalysts, additives to fuel to reduce emissions and to glass and enamels to change their color. Cerium oxide is an important component of glass polishing powders and phosphors used in screens and fluorescent lamps.
Illustration representing the Protein molecule – Hemocyanin
Epstudio is a creative studio located in Ottawa, Canada. We specialize in creating beautiful, high impact illustrations for the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries worldwide.
To request custom designed illustration or see an extensive collection of stock images please visit our website: epstudiodesign.com
The final design; ready for individual canvas print.
There are various slight changes in the individual designs that were done when they were getting prepped to print onto three separate canvases.
Printed by Annie Fitt
A soft silvery metallic poor metal, gallium is a brittle solid at low temperatures but liquefies slightly above room temperature and will melt in the hand. Elemental gallium is not found in nature, but it is easily obtained by smelting. Its main applications are in semiconductors and LEDs.
Gallium (Latin Gallia meaning Gaul (modern France); also gallus meaning rooster) was discovered by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875. He named the element "gallia" after his native land of France. It was later claimed that, in one of those multilingual puns so beloved of men of science of the early 19th century, he also named it after himself. as "Lecoq' = the rooster, and Latin for rooster is gallus; however, he denied this in an 1877 article.
This is a relief print. The plate was carved from Safety Kut, and printed by hand with Daniel Smith water-based Pthalo Blue on Lama Li Bright lokta paper from Nepal.
artifact name: Periodic Table Model
maker: Dr. Donald Stedman
date: circa 1947
cat. no. 1995.0335
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Reading Artifacts Summer Institute RASI 2011
Team members: Chris Miedema, Kristen Frederick-Frost, Ann Robinson, & Ken Corbett
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artifact name: Periodic Table Model
maker: Dr. Donald Stedman
date: circa 1947
cat. no. 1995.0335
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Reading Artifacts Summer Institute RASI 2011
Team members: Chris Miedema, Kristen Frederick-Frost, Ann Robinson, & Ken Corbett
Illustration representing the Protein molecule – Hemocyanin
Epstudio is a creative studio located in Ottawa, Canada. We specialize in creating beautiful, high impact illustrations for the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries worldwide.
To request custom designed illustration or see an extensive collection of stock images please visit our website: epstudiodesign.com/