Science in stitches II
Pete Wilton | 20 Mar 09
I've meant to revisit the world of stitched science for some time now and have been spurred into action by rereading the comments from my earlier post on the wonders of knitted/crocheted anatomy.
Special thanks have to go to Mary Yeager and Ana for more Stabbed links including the heart merit badge [above - 'If only I had a heart'] and the intestines badge [below- 'If only I had guts'].
If OxSciBlog gave out prizes for the most disturbing - yet also thought-provoking - anatomical stitching it would have to go to the dissected frog below from CraftyHedgehog via Knitting Interrupted. Quite simply in a league of its own...
However, in terms of sheer imagination, it's hard to beat the stitchers behind Designs for Life, nicely reported on by our friends at Stabbed.
Any guesses for what some crafty members of the Women's Institute have recreated below?
That's right, Alzheimer's plaques - clumps of proteins associated with the degeneration of neural structures found in people suffering with dementia.
Those same doughty stitchers also came up with the colourful embroidered MRI brain scan below:
It just goes to show how applying scientific thinking to even the most distressing topics can result in something beautiful.
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Miguel | 02 Sep 09
Hello, it´s a cool form to see the science but you need to have a lot of...
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Rosalind Atkins | 02 Apr 09
What skill! The Alzheimer's plaques piece is worthy of Roy Liechstenstein....