Introduction to Art and Science was a college project in which we explored experimental media using science.
The main focus of the course was exploring Light. We developed a photosensitive chimical using ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferricyanide and used it on various medium with different objects.
The main focus of the course was exploring Light. We developed a photosensitive chimical using ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferricyanide and used it on various medium with different objects.
Beer Bottle + Keychain on Paper
Strainer and Masher on Newspaper
Handdrawn illustraion on butter paper developed on bond sheets.
Set Square on Paper
Combination of two stencils printed on OHP paper exposed on Cloth.
Stencil of a Nebula on Cloth.
Pinhole Camera
From my experience with Cyanotype, I wanted to build a pinhole camera in which you could control the sharpness of the image by changing the focal length and even replacing the pinhole (Apperture) to get different effects with the option of making a sharp image on the viewfinder (Butterpaper) first and then inserting photosensitive paper into the camera.
Unfortunately, I was only able to develop a conept model for the camera during the course.
Unfortunately, I was only able to develop a conept model for the camera during the course.
Quick mockup
Digital 3D model.
Disclaimer: The next few images might be too graphically disturbing for some people. Please do not scroll further if you don't want to see pig eyeballs minus the pig.
The Dry Ice Experiment
We were to come up with experiments using dry ice, one being a cloud chamber and the other being an individual project. Me and a friend from college, Ananyaa Menon, decide to collaborate as we had overlapping interests for our experiment. We obtained two pig eyeballs from a butcher shop and used Dry ice and Isopropyl Alcohol to freeze the eyeballs in order to disect them into half to observe what an eyeball looks like from the inside to add to our existing knowledge of light.
We saw the frozen membrane of the pupil which expands and contracts when the pupil dialates. We also observed that the color of the pupil itself changed from black to white upon freezing.
Observing facts and phenomenon was one thing but holding an eyeball in my hand was another. It was quite interesting to go beyond the gruesome feeling which tells you to walk away from something of this sort and realise that there's actually nothing gruesome about it.
