Over the course of this semester I moved from botanical images of seaweed to consider biological and anatomical images. I began this development by looking at microscopic images of leaves or feathers to looking at fungi and bacteria to the structure of cells and such within a body. I found the scientific process that made this viewing of the molecular and cellular structure possible very interesting, such as the instruments and dyes used. Both of these inspired the shape (Petri dishes) and colour of the work. Petri dishes when looked at by the eye appear grimy and dirty, it is when looked at through a microscope we can see the structure. I want to incorporate both these elements into the pieces. While doing this I was researching the muscular structure of the human body, something that if we were shown a diagram of, we can easily comprehend and relate to but when we take a small detail we can still relate to biological images but find it harder to relate the image directly to ourselves. I wanted to explore what the naked eye is unable to see.
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