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Art and design inspired by science
...and a sprinkling of fiction.

Powering the Cosmos with Potatoes, Making Radioactive Music and Drawing with Fire.

Photo: CERN 2017 – High School Teachers Program: Student playing with POTATO POWERED COSMOS

To Drawing Projects

Current - The Geiger Synthesizer

To Art-Sci Projects

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TO ABOUT ME

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rachaelnee.art

❤Bristol, UK
🔥Burning stuff
⚡electronicy stuff
☀️MA Chelsea
more here ---> @rachael.nee

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💪Upping my geek game💪 have been awarded a g

💪Upping my geek game💪 have been awarded a grant 😮 to further develop my skills using all this lovely stuff above, so i can run workshops for artists/families/women etc..who are interested but who've no experience or just plain daunted ( as i was a few yrs ago)

Now what shall i burn first 🤔😂.

I thank you #westofenglandcombinedauthority.😀 for my creative freelancer grant, much welcomed.

#arttech #artgeek #contemporaryartist #raspberrypi #arduino #diyelectronics #python

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="💪Upping my geek game💪 have been awarded a grant 😮 to further develop my skills using all this lovely stuff above, so i can run workshops for artists/families/women etc..who are interested but who've no experience or just plain daunted ( as i was a few yrs ago) Now what shall i burn first 🤔😂. I thank you #westofenglandcombinedauthority.😀 for my creative freelancer grant, much welcomed. #arttech #artgeek #contemporaryartist #raspberrypi #arduino #diyelectronics #python" data-recalc-dims="1">

Friday afternoon studio table #wip sad burny eye

Friday afternoon studio table #wip sad burny eyed aliens and warpy time Crystal World figures a la Ballard.

Looking forward to Sunday, see you on the other side.. ⚽️ x
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#contemporaryart
#contemporarydrawing #burn #fireart #shellac #oakgallink #contemporaryartist #smokeart

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="Friday afternoon studio table #wip sad burny eyed aliens and warpy time Crystal World figures a la Ballard. Looking forward to Sunday, see you on the other side.. ⚽️ x - - - #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #burn #fireart #shellac #oakgallink #contemporaryartist #smokeart" data-recalc-dims="1">

Iterations iterations iterations... one of those w

Iterations iterations iterations... one of those where i just can't see it. Each iteration digging deeper into a potential bin job, great 🙄 👍

So, not sure about the 'outside' bit 🤔 However, I ❤ the burny eyes, did them with a blowtorch on shellac, which always makes me feel good. Is that weird?....
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#binart #artiterations #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #burnt #burn #shellac #graphite #contemporaryart #rachaelnee #figurativeart #mindbombs #oakgallink

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="Iterations iterations iterations... one of those where i just can't see it. Each iteration digging deeper into a potential bin job, great 🙄 👍 So, not sure about the 'outside' bit 🤔 However, I ❤ the burny eyes, did them with a blowtorch on shellac, which always makes me feel good. Is that weird?.... - - #binart #artiterations #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #burnt #burn #shellac #graphite #contemporaryart #rachaelnee #figurativeart #mindbombs #oakgallink" data-recalc-dims="1">

WE IRD FISHES - things seem to be getting more sub

WE IRD FISHES - things seem to be getting more subterranean. 🤔

Years ago there was this ancient Angler fish in Bristol Museum that i used to love visiting.

It had been taxidermied like an amorphous blobby flatfish. An angler fish had never been seen in real life and was presumed flat, hence it's sorry stuffing. It was such a tragi-comic sad thing.

It's no longer on display. I wish I had taken a photo, I miss it so 😭

With apologies to Radiohead for ripping off the title - forever the uber fan, be still my beating heart 💓

#unknowns #imaginaries #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #smokeart #carbon #graphite #contemporaryart

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="WE IRD FISHES - things seem to be getting more subterranean. 🤔 Years ago there was this ancient Angler fish in Bristol Museum that i used to love visiting. It had been taxidermied like an amorphous blobby flatfish. An angler fish had never been seen in real life and was presumed flat, hence it's sorry stuffing. It was such a tragi-comic sad thing. It's no longer on display. I wish I had taken a photo, I miss it so 😭 With apologies to Radiohead for ripping off the title - forever the uber fan, be still my beating heart 💓 #unknowns #imaginaries #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #smokeart #carbon #graphite #contemporaryart" data-recalc-dims="1">

Fumifugium Organ - it's #CleanAirDay and #throwbac

Fumifugium Organ - it's #CleanAirDay and #throwbackthursday today - just the excuse i needed to share this installation from 6 months B.C (Before Covid)

Air pollution has been subject of a couple of recentish projects - with its relationship to fire, carbon, smoke, soot, combustion, entropy etc..

It's an 'organ' made from car exhaust manifolds that played music (using sonic pi) translated from air pollution data harvested from outside Royal West of England Academy in Bristol.

Fumifugium is first book written on air pollution in London in 1661 by John Evelyn.

The 'music' which was played by the means of transducers, (you can see the wires on the photo). Transducers are great! They vibrate the object (in this case the metal) so the object itself acts as a speaker.

The visuals are where the music was played through a speaker covered in ink, you get these standing wave patterns. (Gonna do another post on this as it's reet pretty).

Was funded by arts council #acegrams

#RWABristol #airpollution #sonicpi #raspberrypi #fumifugium #installation #soundart #environmentalart #soot #artscience #sciart #artsci #artinstallation

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="Fumifugium Organ - it's #CleanAirDay and #throwbackthursday today - just the excuse i needed to share this installation from 6 months B.C (Before Covid) Air pollution has been subject of a couple of recentish projects - with its relationship to fire, carbon, smoke, soot, combustion, entropy etc.. It's an 'organ' made from car exhaust manifolds that played music (using sonic pi) translated from air pollution data harvested from outside Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. Fumifugium is first book written on air pollution in London in 1661 by John Evelyn. The 'music' which was played by the means of transducers, (you can see the wires on the photo). Transducers are great! They vibrate the object (in this case the metal) so the object itself acts as a speaker. The visuals are where the music was played through a speaker covered in ink, you get these standing wave patterns. (Gonna do another post on this as it's reet pretty). Was funded by arts council #acegrams #RWABristol #airpollution #sonicpi #raspberrypi #fumifugium #installation #soundart #environmentalart #soot #artscience #sciart #artsci #artinstallation" data-recalc-dims="1">

#WIP Experimenting with different surfaces - I wan

#WIP Experimenting with different surfaces - I wanted to see if I could make work that exists outside of a glass frame and play with shapes also.

This one is made of an Olive wood. I quite like it but think I needed to have either put more layers of gesso on or changed the type as it's a little greyish for me. More work needed.

Also some close-ups as I love getting right in to look at it in a microscopic sort of way!

#contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #smoke #wip #smokeart #graphite #contemporaryart #rachaelnee #workinprogress

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="#WIP Experimenting with different surfaces - I wanted to see if I could make work that exists outside of a glass frame and play with shapes also. This one is made of an Olive wood. I quite like it but think I needed to have either put more layers of gesso on or changed the type as it's a little greyish for me. More work needed. Also some close-ups as I love getting right in to look at it in a microscopic sort of way! #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #smoke #wip #smokeart #graphite #contemporaryart #rachaelnee #workinprogress" data-recalc-dims="1">

THE BIGGER BANG - Guess how long it takes the Geig

THE BIGGER BANG - Guess how long it takes the Geiger Counter to make the balloon explode...? Video trimmed here to show start and the end !

I am unbelievably pleased with myself that this works - very winning at smug today!😁

How it works: Each time the Geiger counter is 'triggered' it makes the air pump blow up the balloon a little. The small rock at the beginning (entering stage left) is a piece of Thorite which is slightly radioactive.

The tension at the end nearly did for me though; fingers in ears, eyes wincing, blood pressure through the roof and hiding on the opposite side of the studio.

I would love to make an installation with many of these together, (they'd all go off at random times). Anyone got an art space/gallery interested in showing an art/sci, occasionally loud and tension filled event?!
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#artsci #sciart #diyelectronics #physicsart #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #artscience #artelectronics #geiger #bigbang #artscience #bigbang #particlephysics #backgroundradiation #thorite #radioactive #rachaelnee #bristolartist #artnerd

[small rock of thorite triggering a geiger counter to blow up a balloon that says Bigger Bang on it, till it bursts using an air pump with a diy electronic circuit on a breadboard ]

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="THE BIGGER BANG - Guess how long it takes the Geiger Counter to make the balloon explode...? Video trimmed here to show start and the end ! I am unbelievably pleased with myself that this works - very winning at smug today!😁 How it works: Each time the Geiger counter is 'triggered' it makes the air pump blow up the balloon a little. The small rock at the beginning (entering stage left) is a piece of Thorite which is slightly radioactive. The tension at the end nearly did for me though; fingers in ears, eyes wincing, blood pressure through the roof and hiding on the opposite side of the studio. I would love to make an installation with many of these together, (they'd all go off at random times). Anyone got an art space/gallery interested in showing an art/sci, occasionally loud and tension filled event?! - #artsci #sciart #diyelectronics #physicsart #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #artscience #artelectronics #geiger #bigbang #artscience #bigbang #particlephysics #backgroundradiation #thorite #radioactive #rachaelnee #bristolartist #artnerd [small rock of thorite triggering a geiger counter to blow up a balloon that says Bigger Bang on it, till it bursts using an air pump with a diy electronic circuit on a breadboard ]" data-recalc-dims="1">

'CAVITY' or maybe 'TANK', not decided... . Am thin

'CAVITY' or maybe 'TANK', not decided... . Am thinking there's quite a few underwater influences bubbling up in this one - hints of leafy sea-dragon, wobbegong shark, cuttlefish 'feelers' (?) and seaworm tubes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Always been fascinated by those weirdly evolved underwater creatures, finely adapted for their habitat.... think me and the other half have evolved ....well, prob more like dissolved.... into different creatures after last year or so. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Have just spent a lovely weekend by the sea in Eype (Dorset) so maybe that's it.⠀

smoke, ink, graphite on Canson Conservation Board⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#smoke #smokeart # #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #burnt #graphite #contemporaryart #rachaelnee #figurativeart #covidart #pandemicart

<img class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201%201'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/rachaelnee.art/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=1200&ssl=1" alt="'CAVITY' or maybe 'TANK', not decided... . Am thinking there's quite a few underwater influences bubbling up in this one - hints of leafy sea-dragon, wobbegong shark, cuttlefish 'feelers' (?) and seaworm tubes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Always been fascinated by those weirdly evolved underwater creatures, finely adapted for their habitat.... think me and the other half have evolved ....well, prob more like dissolved.... into different creatures after last year or so. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have just spent a lovely weekend by the sea in Eype (Dorset) so maybe that's it.⠀ smoke, ink, graphite on Canson Conservation Board⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #smoke #smokeart # #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #burnt #graphite #contemporaryart #rachaelnee #figurativeart #covidart #pandemicart" data-recalc-dims="1">

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