The museum exhibits the world's largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art, inspired by research from neuroscience, dissection and neuroeconomics. Our current exhibition features three quilts with functional images from PET and fMRI scanning, a knitted brain, and two fabric pieces interpreting single neuron recording.
The artists are Marjorie Taylor , Karen Norberg, and Patricia Jauch.
Techniques used include quilting, applique, embroidery, beadwork, knitting, and crotcheting. Materials include fabric, yarn, metallic threads, electronic components such as magnetic core memory, wire, zippers, and beads.
Whoa. The brain art fodder page(s) have some of the best images I've seen. This site and the links are great resources for me; thanks. I'm looking for some good examples of brain activity illustrating mood disorders especially. I'm working on a crewel embroidery containing some references to Virginia Woolf.
I read what you wrote about knitting and actual brain development. Will you elaborate?
This would be a great design to work out in stop motion or flash. I'm scanning the crewel embroidery I'm working on about once a day, and plan to generate a motion graphic when it's completed. Maybe you could work out a similar document for another knitted piece? Since every brain is unique, another knitted brain would be just as fascinating.
This is beautiful. I am a neuroscientist that knits simple stuff - mostly scarves. I am truly blown away!
Posted by: Dale Hogan | October 27, 2006 at 10:08 AM
Whoa. The brain art fodder page(s) have some of the best images I've seen. This site and the links are great resources for me; thanks. I'm looking for some good examples of brain activity illustrating mood disorders especially. I'm working on a crewel embroidery containing some references to Virginia Woolf.
I read what you wrote about knitting and actual brain development. Will you elaborate?
This would be a great design to work out in stop motion or flash. I'm scanning the crewel embroidery I'm working on about once a day, and plan to generate a motion graphic when it's completed. Maybe you could work out a similar document for another knitted piece? Since every brain is unique, another knitted brain would be just as fascinating.
Posted by: Mary Yaeger | April 16, 2007 at 06:26 PM