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.
This is very, very cool. SEM pics transferred to fabric. Spiral quilting weirdness. Love it.
Posted by: me | October 13, 2006 at 01:53 PM
How did you make the transfer to fabric? I've got a friend's ultrasound that I'm thinking of embroidering over. One time when I really wish I had an embroidery machine, since I think it would look better than my hand embroidery. I've got my own embroidered and appliqued brains on stabbed.wordpress.com
Posted by: Mary Yaeger | April 15, 2007 at 10:53 PM