Plant Samples at Grow Lab
These sessions at the Grow Lab were amazing. So inspiring, mind-expanding, eye-opening and joyful. These days were a combination of two of my favorite things: plants and microscopes (if you know me personally, you know how true this is). We had free reign to cut sections of the different plants, make our sample slides, and put them under different kinds of microscopes. They have light microscopes, confocal microscopes, stereo microscopes, fluorescence microscopes and electron microscopes (SEM). Each one is perfect for looking at different samples, on different levels, in different light intensities and (obviously) at different magnifications. Geeking out over microscopes and plants was another friendly reminder that I adore scientific processes, environments, and aesthetics.
This is one of the first slides I prepared, some tiny slices of beetroot stems. Something about the organic shapes within the rectangles and squares, along with the burst of natural color on top of the transparent surfaces looked beautiful to me. Like science cradling nature, and nature brining color and shape to science.
Beetroot Stem Slices
The two bright magenta images below are of the beetroot stem slices. The purple image in the top row is the stem of a hyacinth, and the three images in the bottom row are different flower's anthers (pollen-carrying structure).
Microscopy Images of Variety of Plants and Flowers
All I can say for now is that I know this experience, and these visuals, will stick with me. It may influence my creative work in the future, and I'm sure it will influence where I end up working professionally.
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