For #PollinatorWeek: This is a hard carved, hand printed Lino block print with collaged Japanese washi papers of a clump of black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta) with a cone flower (Echinacea) & a monarch butterfly. These beautiful wildflowers are garden favourites popular with the pollinators.
Plant native species- they are easy to grow & support native pollinators!
For #PollinationWeek, cause plants get pollinated at night too. I love how moths in French are “night butterflies” so here’s the night shift.
The delightful term for a group of moths is an eclipse. This hand-printed lino block print shows five of the noctural moths of Ontario in front of the moon at a lunar eclipse.
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Ink #painting on yupo features image of Darwin's sketch of the Tree of Life layered with a passage from "On the Origin of Species" etsy.me/3NcHp1n 🧪#art#sciart#evolution
In honour of Pollinator Week, enjoy my ridiculously titled #linocut ‘My milkweed brings all the bugs to my yard!’ This week we’re raising awareness of pollinators and how to protect them. Plant native species! Milkweed is pretty, smells heavenly and is beloved by many native insects, including famously, the #monarchButterfly.
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This is my hand-printed linocut portrait of chemistry trailblazer Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758 – 1836), wife & collaborator of French scientist Antoine Lavoisier (1743 –1794).
Working closely together, they modernized & quantified chemistry & the scientific method, recognized & named oxygen & hydrogen, explained the role that oxygen plays in combustion, …
The key for me to enjoying Mastodon: following tons of people, looking at journa.host and newsie.social to see who else to follow for news. Also taking suggestions of super-boosters and looking at hashtags, topics I like. #Introductions is one of them. I like #idmastodon#science#sciart#art#writing#politics#history and many other topics. I learn a lot from #blackmastodon#lgbtq#autistic and many communities. We will all be more healthy when we open our eyes, learn, and work together.
Oh! I really love how today's #inkyDays drawing turned out. I didn't start out with cell biology on my brain, but once I got started I leaned heavily into the Golgi Body pattern as it developed.