RISD show “Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration”
The official invites are in. I will be showing algae-generated power....
New algal artworks
I've worked on new designs for Society6, Redbubble, and Zazzle over the last months. Since I've been busy with algae, the influence is obvious. My artworks feature Chlorella, Dunaliella salina, and Porphyridium cruentum....
Dunaliella salina
D. salina is another algal species I’ve been growing. I find this one really endearing and quite fascinating. It’s an extremophile that can live in waters with very high salinity. For our experiment at home, we’ve also grown it in high salt concentration and it’s doing great. The species turns a vivid pinkish-red-orange colour...
Work-in-progress for RISD exhibition
Making progress on my piece for the RISD exhibition “Biodesign: From Inspiration to Integration”, coming up in August this year. Now’s the perfect time to say thanks to everyone who has helped with this and who will be helping over the coming weeks. In particular, Waldemar @ thingconnect.cc, Mike @ FlanaGen, and Brenda @ UCL....
BottleVoltaic
BottleVoltaic is an attempt at a kind of modular photobiochemical device using recycled materials to build an algal photo-microbial fuel cell. The algae is grown in a used PET bottle and the anode is made up of cut-up aluminium cans. The cathode is an old trusted sheet of platinum on carbon, the same as...
Growing chlorella
Growing algae for an experiment using the Chlorella Culture Kit from Algae Research and Supply and a $10 fish tank from PetSmart. Works a treat!...