Booze Under a Microscope

I am forever amazed how you can find art in nature, in science or even in that glass of alcohol you're sipping. Place anything under a microscope and it will most certainly reveal another world unbeknownst to the naked eye. Micro-miniature Art, the brainchild of Florida State researcher Micheal Davidson, was developed as a way to fund his lab (he originally printed the images on neck ties). He placed various alcohols or cocktails under a microscope produced there beautiful kaleidoscope images. The alcohols were crystalized on a microscope slide, then polarized light was passed through it and magnifying it 1000x. Even more interesting is that each image seems to evoke the same mood that associated with each drink. Next time I'm sipping a glass  of chilled Rosé, I'll have to imagine all the colours dancing around in my mouth like tiny snowflakes.

Margarita

Tequila

Rosé

Vodka

Sake

Whiskey

Daiquiri

Champagne

White Russian

Pina Colada

Pencil This In: Dalton Ghetti’s Awesome Graphite Art

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I don't even have the patience to sharpen a pencil any more. With the internet, iPhones, email, texting, tweeting, facebook updates, etc, how often you do really have to pick up a writing tool? I think students and educators may be the only remaining consumers of these otherwise obsolete relics. When I think of the writing-induced hand cramps I get after using a pencil for a couple of hours, it's amazing to think the Brazilian-American carpenter, Dalton Ghetti, spent 25 years carving these remarkable mini graphite works of art using only a sculpting knife, razor blade, and sewing needle.

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