Orange Silicon Mandala CU
Atomic Art is inspired by the mysterious and magical patterns of atoms as seen through modern microscopes.
The sublime patterns speak of the subtle energies that lie just beyond our perceptions.
At present, the art is based on Silicon and Iridium atoms. Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe and sits at the heart of all things digital. Iridium is one of the rarest of elements and is used in the production of semiconductors.
David Mankey has been creating Atomic Art since 1988 and has held many successful exhibitions including a ground breaking multimedia driven show at the National Science and Technology Centre and at the Front Gallery.
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zxgirl (28 months ago | reply)
Nice! This was inspired by silicon atoms?
Atomic Art (28 months ago | reply)
Yes, I came across an article about the IBM-developed scanning tunnelling microscope and it had a little fuzzy image of silicon atoms. I then hand drew what is the silicon pattern and I screen print.
The silicon pattern work is that pattern.
These mandalas are crazy, they are made by printing two layers of the silicon pattern with the top one rotated slightly. The mandala patterns happen organically and they are different for every small twist of the top screen. They blow me out :)
I am now doing some work with some computer wizzes which is a learning curve. More great mandalas on their way.
Thanks for your comment. I love your work, especially the computer art, great stuff
peace
david
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werls (28 months ago | reply)
great work... recently i've finished my graduation in graphic design with a typographic experiment based on magic squares. i was trying to give a pattern look to the alphabetical letters and numerals using a 6 x 6 matrix.
here some pictures: werls.carbonmade.com/projects/2553623
i also have the project here (http://issuu.com/werls/docs/werls_lowres), but, unfortunately, its not translated on english yet...
thanks for add me...
Atomic Art (28 months ago | reply)
love the work my friends, they work really well. Look forward to seeing more of your work
peace
David
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Diana Thorold. (28 months ago | reply)
You Deserve A Technicolour Abstract Art Award
From the Technicolour Abstract Art group
Tony Digital Art (28 months ago | reply)
I like this pattern
Atomic Art (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks Tony, I love your work as well
The mandala patterns I have done are really quite strange.
What they are is that I take two of the silicon patterns (you can see them in my photostream) and I print them with the top one twisted slightly
The mandala patterns come out organically. It really freaked me out when I first noticed it.
A slight change in the angle of teh top screen and new patterns come out
I am working on a whole new set of the mandalas at the moment and they really are quite crazy'
so, yes, thanks heaps for your kind words. Look forward to seeing more of your work
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zxgirl (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the explanation!
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juiceboxgasoline (28 months ago | reply)
this is beautiful.
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Maria Nilze (27 months ago | reply)
Delicado e bonito!
Global Artis (27 months ago | reply)
awsome mandalas!! cheers from brazil
a rorró added this photo to her favorites. (27 months ago)
a rorró (27 months ago | reply)
bellísimo!
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0WW0 (24 months ago | reply)
Very pretty
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naichan (15 months ago | reply)
Something uneasy about this, knowing that matter is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, only weirder!
shutter2005 (15 months ago | reply)
Very nice
M.W.H. (12 months ago | reply)
What media is this done with?
bluekdesign added this photo to his favorites. (11 months ago)