These works were created by students in AP Studio Art at Evanston Township High School. Each student selected one of the winners of the 2017 Scientific Images Contest on which to base their work. With only the visual (no scientific background information was provided), each student created an original work inspired by the form, function, shapes and colors of their chosen research image.
The scientific images and these artworks comprised a joint exhibition shown at both the high school's Auditorium Gallery and Evanston Public Library in fall/winter 2017. Many of the artists and scientists met to discuss their work and inspiration at the opening event on November 2, 2017.
Find out more about the Scientific Images Contest at Science in Society and visit the full gallery of 2017 winners from Northwestern research labs.
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The scientific photos were used to lay down the composition and compose some sort of pallet that would be used.
Inspired by Adam Jakus' 3D-Printed Copper or Air, Eric Roth's The Fungal Jungle, and Michelle Wenz's Superdeep Diamond.
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This piece was inspired by the sexism and harsh comments that women experience everyday. This past year, we saw a lot of controversy surrounding comments made by our presidential administration. These comments questioned women's capabilities and general intelligence. Science has always been a male dominated field, but women have contributed some of the most important innovations and research we have ever seen.
Inspired by Ronit Freeman and Mark McClendon's Switching Nanofibers.
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Inspired by Brian Soetikno's Vessels of the Living Eye and Ronit Freeman and Mark McClendon's Switching Nanofibers.
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Inspired by Joey Salvo's Brain Butterflies.
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A lone wooden ship rests at sea under the starry sky.
Inspired by Nick Sather's The Salty Night.
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Inspired by Alexandra Edelbrock's Accidental Beauty and Ronit Freeman and Mark McClendon's Switching Nanofibers.
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Inspired by Ronit Freeman and Mark McClendon's Switching Nanofibers, Alexandra Edelbrock's Accidental Beauty, Brian Soetikno's Vessels of the Living Eye, and Michelle Wenz's Superdeep Diamond.
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This piece done with both paint and mixed media. It resembles a wave crashing against a large rock.
Inspired by Alexandra Edelbrock's Accidental Beauty.
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The nesting pieces were intended to imitate the shape of the brain scans. Each of the four pieces was thrown on the wheel and then molded by hand.
Inspired by Joey Salvo's Brain Butterflies.
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Holly approached this project by creating a more abstract piece rather than it being one straight pipe, and the carved parallelogram-shaped cutouts around the sculpture to have a sense of those shapes floating. Blue and black were the colors that stuck out most to her, so she took blue gel filters and then fairy lights to make it light up.
Inspired by Andrew Koltonow's Dry & Cracked.
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Three brothers examining an unknown object. Examining the photo used for this piece from multiple angles, several faces can be seen with different emotions, which Jay turned into beings.
Inspired by Aaron Geller's Black Hole Encounter.
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Inspired by Eric Roth's The Fungal Jungle.
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Inspired by Aaron Geller's Black Hole Encounter.
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Inspired by Nick Sather's The Salty Night.
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Made using colored pencils. He was experimenting with colors.
Inspired by Andrew Koltonow's Dry & Cracked.
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Inspired by Eric Roth's The Fungal Jungle.
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Sophia took a very literal approach to this, she recreated the shape and pattern showed in the photo.
Inspired by Andrew Koltonow's Dry & Cracked.
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Violet used lots of layering to activate the image.
Inspired by Aaron Geller's Black Hole Encounter and Finote Gijsman's Dispersing the Seeds of Life.
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The photograph that inspired this piece could motivate many different artistic interpretations, but this piece focuses on the mesmerizing pattern and texture of the bright lines against the black background. Furthermore, the circular shape of the vase was influenced by the illusion that the photograph presents: one which makes the viewer wonder if the photograph was taken of a spherical object or of a flat surface.
Inspired by Brian Soetikno's Vessels of the Living Eye.
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Inspired by Alexandra Edelbrock's Accidental Beauty.
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Wire twirled with green glass around it. Inspired by Eric Roth's The Fungal Jungle.
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The piece was created by using a glue mixture and paper to peel the aluminum off of CDs. Then attaching the aluminum fragments onto wire and twisting them to create a 3D shape.
Inspired by Andrew Koltonow's Dry & Cracked.
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This piece is a still image of what can be interpreted as waves of shimmering glass, and is illuminated from above and below to capture each fragment in dark strobes of light.
Inspired by Nick Sather's The Salty Night.
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A science-themed zine.
Inspired by Brian Soetikno's Vessels of the Living Eye and Jason Climer's Light on the Mind.