Under the microscope textiles

It looks like a tiny blue bug-eyed alien - its miniature spine visible through translucent skin. But this fascinating image is actually a close-up of a chicken embryo and finalist in a 'small world' photography competition that uses microscopes.

Yellow and blue make green...

unknown crystal under polarized light, Lomo microscope, 63X

If you’ve ever wondered how a diving beetle swims through the water or manages to rest just on the surface, the answer is in part because its foot is infinitely more complicated than your own. As seen above, this microscopic image of a male Acilius sulcatus (diving beetle) by photographer Igor Siwanowicz reveals the extraordinaryContinue reading "The Extraordinary Details of Tiny Creatures Captured with a Laser-Scanning Microscope by Igor Siwanowicz"

Food under the microscope: scanning electron micrographs of foodstuffs.

Microscope opens the world of unbelievable pictures. Indeed, it gives us a chance to see how mother nature has thought everything through - things look even more perfect when zoomed under the microscope!

Under the Microscope began with a Google image search of the word Cell. There were soooo many images of human, animal, plant and I can't remember what else! I used my memory to create these not so real cells. I began cutting batting shapes for each cell followed by playing with fabrics that reminded me of the cell images. All the fabrics are raw edge (no fusible) and stitched by hand with # 8 perle cotton through the batting circle shape only. I had help from my husband and daughter to…