PlantSeedMan
Sketch for ‘PlantSeedMan’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
PlantSeedMan
Sketch and Unfinished / Rough Cut Sequence for ‘PlantSeedMan’ Installation
Video collage based on future food and wheat as part of the StellrScope Science Art Project.
Video composition using 3D kinect body scanning by Chuong Nguyen, Installation Prototype with Matt Adcock and Dulitha Ranatunga, Video and artwork by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Raw sound files from wheat footage filmed in location @ CSIRO - https://vimeo.com/64972299
Sound of Wheat
Image: Visualising the Sound of Wheat by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Researching: Images > Sound > Image > 3D
Using current media files to experiment with visualising wheat, both with sound and video files.
The above picture shows sound as a waveform visual (top section) and wheat images converted to a sound file (below section).
Next step > Convert to 3D
Still working on how to do this 
Massive & MAGICal
Massive and MAGICal – ‘MAGICal Wheat’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart in collaboration with Dr Sherry Mayo, CSIRO.
On-going StellrScope research on wheat structures and visualising the wheatear. Sherry produced a 3D micro-CT scan of a section of wheat and Drishti to render the data. MAGICal A is merged with the movie file – both image files are connected to 3D spatial data of wheat, its DNA and growth.
This movie file is a preview to the forthcoming, CSIRO informed science art works StellrScope at Questacon in August and at the CSIRO Discovery Centre.
Visualisation Wheat in 3D
Image: ‘Wheat Section’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
This image, shown as a 2D image representation of a wheatear, is in fact, composed from a CT Scan and rendered through 3D software, Drishti and Maya.
The 3D images are to be used in artworks for the exhibition at Questacon – Maya version shown on eleanorgatestuart
Original CT Scan by Dr Sherry Mayo (CSIRO)
Cubist Dimension
Sketch: ‘cube4′ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Thinking beyond the square… next series of sketches for proposed installation work, in collaboration with Chuong Nguyen, Matt Adcock and Dulitha Ranatunga.
IMPRINT: New Technologies & Alternative Media
IMPRINT Article, ‘StellrScope’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart & Clive Barstow
Article: StellrScope, the Centenary of Canberra’s Science Art Commission by Eleanor Gates-Stuart and Clive Barstow
IMPRINT, The Journal of the Print Council of Australia
New Technologies and Alternative Media
Autumn 2013 Volume 48 No. 1 Pages 30/31
Journal available: http://www.printcouncil.org.au/imprint/imprint-autumn-2013 or via Contact
Giant Wheat
3D Wheat Concept by Eleanor Gates-Stuart: Enlighten 2013 Architectural Projection on Questacon
Giant Wheat on Questacon, ‘Oasis’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart as part of the Enlighten 2013 Festival in Canberra. The architectural projections were screened by Electric Canvas and 5 artists were selected to produce artwork for different buildings across the Parliamentary Triangle.
Artwork by Eleanor Gates-Stuart on Questacon as Part of Enlighten 2013
Oasis’ is part of the New Crop series as seen in previous postings, Bio Wheat and First Crop.
Photograph: Questacon with ‘Oasis’ Artwork by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Links:
See More on StellrScope Enlighten 2013 Page
StellrScope – Behind the Scenes
Pages from StellrScope Sketches by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
New Pages .. Behind the Scenes (menu bar) provides a series of pages relating to making StellrScope, the Residency at CSIRO and a few other ‘who’s who’ and ‘what is what’ about the project.
William Farrer Diaries
‘Carbon Copy’, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart – Inspired by William Farrer Diaries
This is my first post of 2013 – the Centenary of Canberra Year. Having recently returned to view William Farrer Diaries at the National Library of Australia, I felt inspired to create this image dedicated to William Farrer.
Last year, I remember being in the manuscipts room at the NLA and feeling overwhelmed with all the artifacts at hand, yet very excitied and now back on track to see where this journey takes the research.
I found the carbon paper in his diary intriguing, a single piece of paper that holds so much information, a layering of sentence upon sentence .. words .. more words. It resonated with the way I produce much of my work, embedding layers and layers of information as a foundation and structure.
Unfortunately, this image does not give you the feeling of handling the book and the incredible sound of the crisp delicate paper.. something that has so much history and with context to Australia’s wheat legacy.
I hope to include more of William Farrer in my exhibition in August – the influence is already there.
Maximising Yield in a Changing Climate
Image, ‘Hot Seeds’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Inspired by the research at CSIRO relating to plant genetics and molecular biology. In particular, Dr Megan Hemming in her focus on the development and yield in cereals.
Megan shared her microscope images of the main shoot wheat apex and I have combined these with photographs of grain.
Reference:
Hemming et al, Identification of High Temperature-Responsive Genes in Cereals. 2012
Farrer Variety
Image, ‘Farrer Variety’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Image celebrates the legacy of wheat experimentalist William Farrer and the innovative contribution of the Food Futures Flagship / Plant Industry of CSIRO.
This image, ‘Farrer Variety’ shows grain grown to plant through the pages of William Farrer’s notes. The wheat is a 3D model and modern rendering of a new strain of wheat… linking a 100 years of excellence in cross-breeding and wheat quality.
References:
William Farrer’s Letters – National Library of Australia
3D Seed Scans – Dr Chuong Nguyen, CSIRO
3D Modelling – Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Golden Wheat
Microscope Photograph, ‘Golden Wheat’ by Mark Talbot – adapted by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Working with Dr Mark Talbot and Dr Chuong Nguyen in the microscope laboratory on wheatear samples. The samples were provide by Dr Megan Hemming and relate to her recent research.
Zeiss EVOLS15 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Pest – Wheat Weevil
Image, “Wheat Pest’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Images relate to pest in wheat grain, in particular the Wheat Weevil – Sitophilus Granarius.
Above video, Using the CT scanner at CSIRO to capture detailed images of the insect.
The short video sequence uses the individual image files and recomposed into this artistic render in 3D space.
Image, ‘Grain Weevil’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Insect from the Australian National Insect Collection ANIC
CT Scan by Dr Fredrick Ford
3D Scanning by Dr Chuong Nguyen
Wheat Scan
Wheat Photograph by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Wheat samples for CT scanning.
Image: ‘Wheat Scan I’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
First CT scan test completed (low-res version). More testing to follow soon.
‘Wheat Scan I’ is a coloured version of the grey scale scan.
CT Scan kindly produced by Dr Fredrick Ford.
Images show StellrScope watermark – high-res images are availbale.
Animated CT sections:
This video relates to a CT scan of wheat and shows the sections scanned throughout the wheat.
Surreal Plant Structures
Image, ‘Wheatear3y’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
WheatEar images created as part of on-going 3D scanning process to recreate Wheat Crop models. ’Wheatear3y’ is a reconstructed composition of plant structures to provide a sense of internal / external structure and beauty of the wheat plant.
Here are a series of three structures illustrating the surreal plant structures as developed for StellrScope Collection.
Image, ‘Wheatear4′ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Image, ‘Wheatear2′ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Image, ‘Wheartear3′ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
The three ‘Wheatear’ images create a stunning large scale installation / projection piece as in the uncanny rescaling of nature
Image, ‘Wheatear3x3′ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Reference: Original wheat scan by Dr Chuong Nguyen.
4D Plant Visualisation
Image, ‘The Measure of Volume… Tracking Wheat’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Recent images are focused on 3D Plant Plant Analysis research at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, the High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre at CSIRO.
StellrScope is exploring this research as part of the extended wheat innovation story and extending this big data into 4D exploration of image and animated visualisation.
These images are concept sketches adapted from wheat data provided by Jianming Guo and Helen Daily and are part of the research with Xavier Sirault and Chuong Nguyen.
Image: ‘Snapshots of Wheat Plants’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart (Data by Helen Daily & Jianming Guo)
More information: HRPPC Publications
http://www.plantphenomics.org.au/hrppc/publications
Stems
‘Stems’ by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Busy working on a new series of images. ‘Stems‘ is a detail section from one of the recent 3D images created around the William Farrer Field Books. Currently collecting more plant samples and preparing for high-res’ scans.
BioWheat
BioWheat, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
3D image, BioWheat, a bioinformatic variety.
Research data “Heatmap” from Dr David Lovell (CMIS, CSIRO).
David Lovell: The underlying texture is a drawn from a “heatmap” that depicts the similarity of gene expression profiles over a time course experiment
Data-Heatmap, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart in collaboration with David Lovell (CSIRO).
Wheat Ear
Chlorophyllx4, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Wheat Ear captured with Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging at CSIRO the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility
Technical support kindly by Scott Kwasny
WheatScape
WheatScape, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
The strange world of ‘WheatScape’……and the ‘Wild Ancestors’
Mock-up stage and concept development towards new 3D imageworks
First Crop
First Crop, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
‘First Crop’, this is a 2D representation of a 3D virtual crop. (Work in progress)
©Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Image Analysis – Sequence1
Sequence1, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Image analysis study – ‘Sequence1′
New series of images relating to the mapping of research data and simple rules of colour matrix
Image References:
(Wheat chromosomes and bread wheat homoeologous G-Based chromosomes)
Appels, Morris, Gill & May, Chromosome Biology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
Farrer Insights
Visionary, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
‘Visionary’ dedicated to William Farrer
Image references William Farrer’s Field Notes (National Library of Australia)
