New Series - The Elements
Beginning this week I am introducing a new series of artwork called "The Elements". The series is based off of my artistic interpretation of each element found on the periodic table. The entire project was well over a year in the making.
It all began as an academic exercise while I was in college. I was just starting my Chemistry courses and had no prior knowledge of anything chemistry related. Therefore, I decided to make it part of my study to create each element from the table individually and to research each of these as I designed them. This would allow me to have a better insight as to what was going on in my classes. While designing each element in fractal form, I worked very hard to represent it accurately. Sometimes this was a literal interpretation and at other times it was more of a theoretical interpretation. As an example, element 036 (Kr - Krypton) is known to have green and orange spectral lines. Thus I strove to emulate these lines in my design. Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas, and I worked hard to convey this in the fractal design of this element. Another example: carbon has four bonding sites, thus in my artwork I designed a chain with four bonding sites repeating over and over. As a final example, I chose to represent element 029 (Cu - Copper) in it's aqueous form, as this is what chemists would be most used to seeing.
As I continued in my progress of completing the elements, I decided to put them together in the form of the Periodic Table. I did this not only to give the scientific community something unique and different, but I also did so to help other students. It is my aim that the visual representation of the elements would help to solidify in their minds what the elements are and how they conduct themselves. I worked incredibly hard, checking and re-checking facts to ensure that this Periodic Table is accurate. The information on it is accurate as of September 07, 2008. I have not updated any information since this date. The table has been purchased many times (and by several colleges throughout the US) and can been seen in its entirety and purchased here.
Each week I will be releasing a new element, in it's order on the Periodic Table. I will provide not only some information on the element itself, but also my inspiration and thoughts as I created it. Each piece of artwork will be made available in a limited edition series of 25. Once the allotted images are sold out, they will no longer be available for purchase. Every element will be made available as a 20"x15"x0.3" Flat Mounted piece that is signed and ready to hang. The elements are created on smooth satin cloth that is mounted as a mini-gallery wrap over non-warping materials. As with all of my artwork, only the highest quality materials are used. You will also receive a signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity (COA) which shows the edition you purchased. You can access the series at any time by clicking the "Current Series" tab at the top of the page.
I hope that you will enjoy this series just as much as I did making it!
