Elemental Humans

A union of vision, light, color, diversity

If you heat the atoms enough, they will emit light. However, if you put their light through a prism, you get discreet lines, so called emission spectra in the visible region. They are characteristic for each element.

For this series, the portraits are overlayed with the emission spectra of each of the displayed elements. The elements chosen make up a large part of what humans and many other life forms are made of.

See Composition of the human body

We are the stuff of stars . . .

 
Digital Painting Series created using Gimp and myPaint/. Some models generated using Make Human and Blender.

#Atoms #PeriodicTable #StarDeath #CreationofElements #NuclearFusion #StellarEvolution

References

Atomic Emission Spectra[Video]. (2010). Retrieved November 12, 2011, from Link.
Caley, Dave. “Element Emission/Absorption Spectra.” Uoregon.edu. U Oregon. Web. 23 Mar. 2012. Link.
Jircitano, Alan J. “Periodic Table”. Penn State Web. 25 Mar 2012. Link
Noels, Ivan. “Emission Spectra of the Elements.” Chemistry, 2011. Web. 23 Aug. 2011. Link.
“NIST Atomic Spectra Database.” National Institute of Standards and Technology. Web. 23 Aug. 2011.Link.
R.L., “Conversion of wavelength in nanometers to RGB in Python”. Web. 23 Aug. 2011.Link.
“Star Death and the Creation of Elements – Wonders of the Universe: Stardust, Preview – BBC Two.” YouTube. YouTube, 11 Mar. 2011. Web. 17 Aug. 2012.Link
“Star Stuff: Carl Sagan on Stellar Evolution [Carl Sagan Tribute Series].” YouTube. YouTube, 23 July 2011. Web. 17 Aug. 2012. Link.

Further Reading and Projects

Authors at PublicLaboratory. “Spectrometer” Web. 24 Aug. 2011. Link.
Kathleen Kelly and Alexander Scheeline. “Cell Phone Spectrophotometer.” Cell Phone Spectrometer. Analytical Sciences Digital Library. Web. 02 Jan. 2012. Link.
“Science.” DIY Spectroscope. Instructable. Web. 22 Sept. 2011. Link.

“Emission Spectra Scarves | Sternlab.” Sternlab. Sternlab, 11 Feb. 2010. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.Link
Davies, Bryn. “Spectra Pattern Generator.” Progsoc.org: The Programmers’ Society. Web. 23 Aug. 2011. Link.

Followup Post

*Spectroscope Time

One Comment

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   Beautiful

   Tom / 25 Mar 2012 / 12:27 pm / Reply