Fiona O'Hara
Artist
Cyanotype print on cotton with red rayon thread
Cyanotype print on cotton with red x stitch; Each of the test tubes in the piece '23 Chromosomes' contains one of these prints
Chromosome 1 contains a cyanotype print of a chromosome with a red x stitch. The test tube glass is etched with the first three pairs of my genes from chromosome 1. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com
23 Chromosomes are glass test tubes etched with the first three pairs of genes from my 23 chromosomes and contain a cyanotype print stitched in red that connects to 23 spools on the floor.
Each of the 23 test tubes contains a cyanotype print on cotton of a chromosome with a red cross stitch. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com
23 Chromosomes are glass test tubes etched with the first three pairs of genes from my 23 chromosomes and contain a cyanotype print stitched in red that connects to 23 spools on the floor. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com
23 Chromosomes are glass test tubes etched with the first three pairs of genes from my 23 chromosomes and contain a cyanotype print stitched in red that connects to 23 spools on the floor. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com
Close up of Red cotton and vintage spools; the evolving coping mechanisms across 3 generations. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com
Close up of Red cotton and vintage spools; the evolving coping mechanisms across 3 generations. Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com
Cyanotype print on cotton with Rayon thread; My DNA chain meeting my family chain as I stitch the linking spot
Partial view of Darwin's book, Origin of the Species and my recreation of the coral from which he created his diagram of the evolutionary tree. For more details see link to blog below.
A coral tree created from beads and tubing growing through Darwin's book, Origin of the Species under a bell jar and on a ladder (the previous evolutionary theory). Photograph taken by Denis Dunne see http://shinedenis.com