Each year Olympus America sponsors a photo competition that honors the world’s most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. ”Microscope images forge an extraordinary bond between science and art,” said Hidenao Tsuchiya, Olympus America’s Vice President and General Manager for the Scientific Equipment Group. “We founded this competition to focus on the fascinating stories coming out of today’s life science research laboratories. The thousands of images that people have shared with the competition over the years reflect some of the most exciting work going on in research today – work that can help shed light on the living universe and ultimately save lives. We look at BioScapes and these beautiful images as sources of education and inspiration to us and the world.”
This post has Melanie West’s name written all over it!!!
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After spending the day with power outages and intermittent phone/internet connections I am now in touch with the world again. Thank for your understanding and patience.
I promised you an awesome post and what could be more awesome than Picasso inspired designs. All of these designs were featured in the Style and Fashion section of the June 2nd Wall Street Journal.
We will start with Oscar de la Renta enamel guitar earrings.
Our next stop is a Jil Sander sweater with a great face knitted into the front…a face cane perhaps???
Our last stop is a lime green and gray runner entitled “Graphic Lady”.
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System is down…cannot write post today…I OWE YOU ONE AWESOME POST!!!
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chART is the name of a jeweler who uses…you guessed it…charts in her designs. “To escape the corporate frenzy and to feed her “bead addiction,” Co-Owner of CHART metalworks, Charlotte Leavitt, began creating jewelry in 2002. In 2006, Charlotte, seeking to turn hobby to profession, became concerned that her jewelry was not unique enough for the market. She closed up her studio and sought inspiration. A long time sailor, one day, surrounded by scrolls of nautical charts in her home, the idea of embedding nautical charts in resin surfaced.”
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Venessa Arizaga has impressive design credentials: Graduate of Parsons; worked with Carolina Herrera; most recently, design director for Zac Posen. Her exotic yet elegant collection was initially inspired by a trip to Puerto Rico in 2007. She began combining colorful silk threads, natural stones, shells, charms and luxe chains to make bold statement jewelry.
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Coffee Miklos enjoys incorporating natural elements in his jewelry in unexpected ways. “Coffee and his wife Pat discovered the beauty of the Pacific Northwest on a vacation in 2002. They moved to Dungeness (a tiny village just outside ofSequim, Washington) in 2005 and together formed “Dungeness Studios” . Although he still enjoys a long distance design relationship with some retail venues, he is now incorporating small scale forged steel in combination with more traditional jewelry metals. His combination of various metals as well as the famous Pacific Coast beach rocks is evolving into a series of more casual jewelry as well as the playful art mobiles and other pieces of garden art.”
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Heinz Brummel considers himself a self taught, blue collar studio artist…“I build things and design systems”. He admires “the likes of Klee, Calder, Miro, the Bauhaus, all of those late 19th and early 20th century visionaries. Not for their direct influence upon me, but rather for being kindred spirits pulling water from the same deep archetypal well.”
Today, we celebrate Memorial Day in the United States. ..a day to remember those who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy every day. A day to remember my father and father-in-law who served in World War II, and a thank you to my nephew, Patrick, who is serving our country today…far-far from home.
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Each year Olympus America sponsors a photo competition that honors the world’s most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. ”Microscope images forge an extraordinary bond between science and art,” said Hidenao Tsuchiya, Olympus America’s Vice President and General Manager for the Scientific Equipment Group. “We founded this competition to focus on the fascinating stories coming out of today’s life science research laboratories. The thousands of images that people have shared with the competition over the years reflect some of the most exciting work going on in research today – work that can help shed light on the living universe and ultimately save lives. We look at BioScapes and these beautiful images as sources of education and inspiration to us and the world.”
