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bacteria drawings

Materials: petri dishes, agar, water, food coloring, swabs

Size: 9 cm diameter

The emerging area of biodesign is inspiring to me, as it takes influence from nature and nature's systems to design. That is what I am trying to achieve in my future design work. 

Representational Drawings Process:

  • Create Petri dishes with agar, water, and broth

  • Swab areas around the house

  • Grow bacteria

  • Harvest bacteria to paint representational works

 

Dyeing Mold Process: 

  • Created Petri dishes with agar, water, and broth

  • Swab areas around the house

  • Waited for bacteria, in this case, mold to grow 

  • Mixed food coloring with vodka and dropped into dishes and wait between colors 

 

This project was done in the BioDesign course at CCA taught by Michael Bogart and Lynda Grose 

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