Neurons and Nebulas

That's really special! We live in Canada, so this was only the second time I'd been in my life time! (First time was when I was a kid.) We planned and paid for a family trip to Disney last August and don't think we'll be back for... a few more years now. I'd love to plan it around a launch! 🚀

Oh that's so neat! We recently visited the Kennedy Space Center and saw Atlantis up close. That definitely influenced making this piece. But I would LOVE to see a launch in real life.

A small black shadowbox frame with a miniature scene of a space shuttle blasting off. Layers of organza and chiffon and fluffy white wool make up the smoke and sky behind a tiny model of a shuttle and its rocket boosters. Held in front of ferns outdoors.

Close up and angled view of a small black shadowbox frame with a miniature scene of a space shuttle blasting off. Layers of organza and chiffon and fluffy white wool make up the smoke and sky behind a tiny model of a shuttle and its rocket boosters.

Lauren's hands demonstrate the size of the miniature shuttle constructed out of fabric, felt and craft foam. Background image is a photographic print of a galaxy from a space themed calendar.

A wee little space shuttle blasting off. These little shadowbox constructions bring me joy. ☁️🚀☁️

If you're in the Southern Ontario area, this and my other pieces will be available at Art on the Street, June 21st, downtown Guelph.

#sciart 🧪 #nasa

Images of hand sewn and embroidered pieces of art that include an adult and child pointing at the night sky of constellations with the letter Z in the sky as a constellation, x ray hands with a light wave below for the letter X, two cats one sitting with lungs showing through it and the other lying down with its skeleton highlighted, a proton giving off a forcefield with wavelengths in behind for the letter P, Lichens for L, Satellite orbiting the earth.

1/6 This week's SciArt 🎨🧬 Spotlight is Lauren Wright Vartanian, a textile artist and the founder of @neuronsandnebulas.bsky.social, a platform on which she shares and sells her science-inspired art.

A small square black frame with a diorama type construction depicting the Cupola window on the International Space Station. The earth is recessed into the back of the shadow box. The materials are fabric, and the windows have mylar to look like glass. Sitting on a shelf with LEGO in the background.

Held at an angle to show reflection of mylar "glass"

My latest little diorama shadowbox piece is the Cupola on the #ISS 🛰️

#sciart #spaceart 🧪

Thank you so much!! 🥰

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm not active enough on here so I'm just seeing this now. Appreciate it ❤️🪡

Thank you so much for this!! ❤️

I'll do that now! Can you edit after the fact or no?

Yes, sorry. I use this app so rarely I didn't see this response until now! Another person asked the same thing and I'll try to remember next time. Thank you!

Sadly that one was the HARDEST to reproduce 😭 it's one that page I wasn't 100% happy with after final printing. BUT if you did buy the book I hope you're enjoying it ❤️

Sorry, I'm not very active on here and didn't see this! I'm not in the habit of doing that so I'll need to remind myself next time. (Posted again today without adding alt text.)

Thank you!

Thank you! 😊🦖

Thanks!

Finished with this dino skeleton piece. More description, angles and behind the scenes shots over on my IG account. 🦖 #sciart #textileart 🧪

I'm having fun making tiny diorama style pieces now. This one's a needle felted tardigrade in an imaginary rococo-esque environment.

#sciart #textileart #tardigrade 🧪

Here's a little experimental nebula piece. I may try more. Gotta start stocking up for summer art markets again.

#sciart #spaceart #textileart 🧪

cover of the book: Stitching science with an example page on display. Text reads "Giveaway" over the image.

Our first BlueSky Giveaway! 🎁 Stitching Science: Exploring Science from A-Z by Keltie Thomas and with illustrations hand stitched by artist Lauren Wright Vartanian @neuronsandnebulas.bsky.social. Thanks to @fireflybooks.bsky.social for the books!🙏

✅ Follow us, like, and share this post to enter! 🤞

Ahhh!!! Thank you so much!! 🪡❤️📚

Here are 4 women who made important contributions to advances in science (and have connections to topics in my book)

Mary Anning - paleontology
Beatrix Potter - mycology
Rosalind Franklin - chemistry
Jocelyn Bell Burnell - astrophysics

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪 #sciart

A stitched image of earth seems to glow on a black velvet background. The moon and distant sun are also represented. The moon is to scale with the earth. The sun is a small white dot which appears to be in the distance.

Newest finished piece. Putting this one in a group show so it needed a title. I'm calling it "Comfortable Insignificance". My favourite reminder to give everyone is that we're all on one small planet floating in an unfathomably vast void. Human history is a tiny blip in the cosmos. #sciart 🧪 #space

I will be at the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference today. Visit me at the Firefly booth (319/321), at 11:30am to grab a copy of Stitching Science, and have it signed by Keltie and myself.

#OLAsuperconference #librarian #illustrator #authorsigning #sciart 🧪

Two embroidered cats sit on a quilted background which represents the double slit experiment. One cat is sitting upright, the other looks to be sleeping, but has a skeleton superimposed on it. The cats represent Schrodinger's experiment. The letter Q appears in the top right corner.

I was added to the science feed poster's list by @physgal.bsky.social and while I still don't understand what that means... I'm pleased. So here's my most physics related piece. Q is for quantum. #sciart 🧪

Thank you! 😊

Thank you!!

I guess I'll start out by sharing some up close, detail shots from my book- Stitching Science. Ask your indie bookstore if they'd like to carry it. (Or push the big name stores to order more than 1 copy). #sciart

Holy smokes. Thank you for the overwhelming support already! Please be patient with me while I learn the ropes here. I was never very adept with twitter, so it's going to take some time to grasp how this (way better) place works. 🪡❤️🔬

Thank you for the final push to give this place a try!

Hello! I've decided to give this place a try at the recommendation of many excellent sci-art friends.
I make textile art, about science, in hopes of educating people through pretty pictures. Thank you for taking a look!