Scans

I love to put ‘objects’ on my flatbed scanner, and we are amazed by the magnification and depth of field.

SNAIL SHELLS

February 12, 2012

I had a snail in a vivarium, and it hid in the empty shell of a garden snail (Helix aspersa). Naturally, I put it on the scanner and was astonished by the depth of field.  This section includes many snail shells.  Unfortunately, butterflies and other insects do not keep still, so I can only scan them when they have died.

These scans resulted in my work for the Mainly Stitch SEW DIVERSE  exhibition.

Small snail in large broken shell scan  Small snail in large broken shell scan  Snail shell fragment scan

Snail shell fragment scan  Yellow banded snail shell with effect added to increase definition  Two small snails in a large shellGetting together - Two snails scan  SCAN Crawling snail on blue container  Browny snail and back stitched.Garden snail segment  Garden snail fragment 600%  Yellowy green snail 1 800%Snail on leaf 800%  3 banded snail 2005 800%

March 23, 2016

This album is of sea shells found on New Zealand beaches.  I particularly like the broken shells, which reveal the inner structure. Unfortunately, butterflies and other insects do not keep still, so I can only scan them when they have died.

These scans resulted in my work for the Mainly Stitch COLLECTIONS exhibition.

Arabic Volute shell found in New Zealand  Arabic Volute shell found in New Zealand with interesting background made in  Shell fragmentGroup of shell fragments  GROUPS of shell fragments  Part and Parcel -  Arabic volute shell  Very broken volute shellVery broken volute shell  Shell fragment  Small New Zealand shell - it reminds me of a human heart

PLANT SCAN – Water Avens – with the odd insect and lichen thrown in!  
January 29, 2012
These are a few examples of flowers which I have scanned, especially the Water Avens (Geum rivali), with their great complexity of form and wonderful colour.  They were the source of my work for The Mainly Stitch RESPONSES exhibition.

Water avens with cuckoo spit  New flower and developing seedhead  I love the colours of acid green and puply reds  Another Water Avens with cuckoo spitWater Avens seed head scan -  Close up of Water Avens  Water Avens flower scan  Close up on new flowerA multi-petalled water avensFading awayA full blown seed head with all the I just like this scan

Seedhead forming  Seed head scan
Other Plants and Bees
March 23, 2016

This album contains scans of other plants, including the sorel flowers, which started off all my scanning.

There are more to add.
A close up of a purple flower, species of geranium.
Ground Ivy at 600%.
A purple flower on a green stem with green leaves, species of geranium.
Ground Ivy at 500%.

Scan Page

Ground-ivy-600% - Copy.jpg  Ground-ivy-500% - Copy.jpg  Arum-inside-800%.jpg  Arum-+-leaf-scanned.jpg  Arum-2004--berries-1-300%.jpgHerb-bennet----seedhead-1-400% - Copy - Copy.jpg  Herb-Bennet-500-seed-head-top - Copy.jpg  Hawthorn-600% - Copy.jpg  Hawthorn-400% - Copy.jpg  Wild-Garlic-600%.jpg  Wild-Garlic-2-600%.jpg  Red-Campion-close.jpg  A single White Butterbur flower  Pink Butterbur  Geranium 400%.jpg  Geranium  Sorel more 600% 2002.jpg

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