Painting Petri

March 18, 2010 7:38 AM

The Daily Dish (no not that one): This is artist Klari Reis painting on petri dishes, creating surprisingly organic works of art.
posted by gwint (9 comments total)

(via) See also: William Loveless.
posted by gwint at 7:42 AM on March 18, 2010

Awww, they're painted? I got all excited thinking he was using actual microbes. Still pretty neat though.
posted by fermezporte at 7:54 AM on March 18, 2010

Awww, they're painted? I got all excited thinking he was using actual microbes. Still pretty neat though.
posted by fermezporte at 9:54 AM on March 18 [+] [!]

Yeah, they each say "POSTED BY BY ARTIST KLARI REIS" so you don't think they're accidentally beautiful, like a scientist does.

posted by ARTIST INTERROBANG
posted by interrobang at 7:56 AM on March 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Here's some home-grown art.
posted by The White Hat at 8:11 AM on March 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Calling Peter Petridish...
posted by fiercecupcake at 8:23 AM on March 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Wow, so pretty!!
posted by contessa at 9:51 AM on March 18, 2010

These are beautiful. Thank you for posting these!
posted by spinifex23 at 11:16 AM on March 18, 2010

Great link White Hat. The sharpie label on the plate gives it street cred.
posted by benzenedream at 12:27 PM on March 18, 2010

love these!
posted by Maias at 5:34 PM on March 18, 2010