Street Anatomy

Organ Donor Key Chains by David Foox

Available for $10 at the Street Anatomy store! 

Limited edition mini Organ Donor key chains by New York City based artist David Foox, creator of the original Organ Donor Vinyl toys. I must say, these little guys are extremely cute in person!

• 2″ tall figures
• 2″ lanyard with metal clasp included
• Organ heads available in brain, eyeball, kidney, lungs, heart, and stomach
• Clear clamshell packaging
• Available for $10 at the Street Anatomy store 

The Blood System

I stumbled upon this piece while perusing Flickr, which by the way has a huge art community in addition to the photography base of the site.  After contacting the artist, Leigh, a textile crafts student at the University of Huddersfield, she was kind enough to email back with an explanation of the project that goes beyond the simple anatomy.

The work is made of 2 sheets of perspex laser cut into the shape of the human form. Each individual stitch hole was plotted precisely to map out the veins (sheet 1) and arteries (sheet 2). I then hand stitched with linen thread to trace out the blood vessels.

The work was inspired by my current final year university project based on my niece who suffer’s from a rare blood disorder called Diamond Blackfan Anaemia (DBA). This means her bone marrow does not reproduce red blood cells, causing her to become severly anaemic very fast. As a result, she has to have blood transufsions every 4-5 weeks.

A major part of my project is workng on The Blood Bag Project, a craft project that aims to raise awareness of DBA and encourage people not only to donate blood but help in another way by creating textile blood bags. I am unable to donate blood myself and so understand the frustration this can cause to those who want to. By joining the Blood Bag Project, those people can help the blood cause in another way. I intend to exhibit the donated bags and eventually sell them to raise money for blood disease charities.

For more informaton about The Blood Bag Project, please visit the following:
Website: www.wix.com/leighlalovesyou/thebloodbagproject
Blog: www.thebloodbagproject.tumblr.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thebloodbagproject

View more of Leigh’s work via her Flickr.

All is Vanity: 100 Skull Paintings by Noah Scalin

Our friend Noah Scalin of Skull-a-Day is painting 100 skulls on 4″ x 4″ pieces of wood panel to celebrate the 5th year of his Skull-a-Day empire (June 2011 – June 2012).  Many of the skulls will be featured at an upcoming exhibit in Richmond, VA.  Check out all of the completed skulls here!  And if you’re in or around Richmond, go see the exhibit—details below.

Opening: Friday May 11, 2012 7–9pm

ALL IS VANITY
May 4 – July 31
Clippi Headren
929 Meyers St.

Tues & Friday 10–5pm
Wed–Thu 10–8pm
Sat 10–4pm
By the way, Noah has a relatively new book for those of us who want to be more creative, but don’t have the time, motivation, spark, etc. It’s called Unstuck: 52 Ways to Get (and Keep) Your Creativity Flowing at Home, at Work & in Your Studio.

Tim Ripper’s Anatomical Series

Tim Ripper’s love for art and science led him to use an anatomical theme for a university advanced drawing seminar.

I enjoy the contrast between seriousness and whimsy in Renaissance anatomical illustrations (which often feature cadavers dissecting themselves or posing with architectural elements), while I also admire the level of detail in modern anatomical visualizations. As an homage to both, I tried to make my anatomical illustrations unconventional, intriguing, and occasionally tongue-in-cheek while still conveying realistic details about the parts they portrayed.

Tim’s pieces definitely have the flat stiffness of student work, but I enjoy the slightly surreal display of anatomy.

View all 9 pieces via his Cargo Collective portfolio!

Mathilde Roussel – Mues

These beautiful and delicate sculptures, crafted of paper and glue, were made by French artist, Mathilde Roussel. Meant to emulate human skin, these folded sculptures serve as a metaphor for everyday human change, as the artist explain in their own words:

We imperceptibly change everyday as if we were changing skin. The Mues sculptures make visible this metamorphosis through imprints of a body at the specific time. They are clothing of empty skin that we fold and keep to put on a new one. This skin becomes the trace of the time passing and the memory of an anterior life.

Be sure to check out more amazing work by Mathilde by heading to the official website, mathilderoussel.com!