The challenge for my Mad Scientist's (MSOE) team this last month was Rosalind Franklin. She was a renown x-ray crystallographer whose work was critical in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Unfortunately, she died of ovarian cancer (probably caused by the x-ray technology she worked with) before she could be rewarded with a Nobel Prize.
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I decided to make an ACEO in her image to celebrate and remember her important contributions to the field of biology. And since I love the style of my Klimt goddess ACEOs so much, I copied that for this one.
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Each piece of paper is cut out & glued by hand. I tried to mimic the pose from one of her most famous photographs - right down to the pearl necklace!
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The background I used was a copy of the original x-ray crystallography photo Franklin took of DNA (you can even see some writing with her name at the bottom edge of the ACEO).
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Lucky for me, sweet Rosalind has already sold! She's going to find a new home with Adeona, the goddess of journeys (ACEO) I made for the MSOE cartography challenge!
1 comment:
awesome aceo... the tale of Rosalind Franklin... sigh... I'm very glad you made such an awesome ACEO of her! =D
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