#patternsmicroscopic

Multicoloured drawing ink with washing up liquid in a petri dish under the microscope. I think the bubbles look really interesting, kind of spaceship-like?

I am going to apply these to different 'mock' products to see how they look :)

Playing about on Photoshop using the drawings and shapes I have been experimenting with in my sketchbook. I quite like the 'mirrored' effect in some of the Timorous Beasties designs so have taken inspiration from them.

I plan to create some interesting pattern designs by combining drawn elements with some of my microscope lens photography.

Further experimental photography through the lens of my microscope. I put a sample of crisps (ready salted) under the lens, which reulted in these interesting (and slightly offputting) images :) I think the grease from the samples made quite abstract and interesting patterns.

Some of my favourite images from my research using a microscope. This is permanent marker on acetate used as a mock-up slide, etched into with a scalpel. Magnified under the lens, I really like the light and shadow combinations in these images.

Some primary research for my project. I bought a microscope and have been experimenting with different specimens under the lens, playing with photographing the reults through the eyepiece. Here is human hair under the microscope.

The top image is a spider's web (x400) and the bottom soil (x400)