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
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)
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
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.
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
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.
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
Farrer Insights
Visionary, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
‘Visionary’ dedicated to William Farrer
Image references William Farrer’s Field Notes (National Library of Australia)
Grains
Grains, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Grains … A closer view – resistant starch
Note: Embedded grain scan provided by Steve Jobling (CSIRO)
Compositional Blends
Compositional Extract I, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Compositional Extract – Blend I & II…….. a mixture of relative data and balanced ingredients
Compositional Extract – Blend II, Image by Eleanor Gates-Stuart
