Julie Askew
- Medium Type
- Digital Microphotography
- Equipment
- ZEISS Stemi 305
Compact Greenough Stereo Microscope
- Year
- 2023
The residue left when a drop of liquid evaporates,
forms a distinctive pattern of contaminates which are unique to source. Research in agriculture, medicine and engineering are finding encouraging potential uses for these patterns including wheat health and diagnosis of disease.
WaterUniverse is an interdisciplinary science and art research project, researching and interpreting water residue images for their possible application in environmental and physical sciences.
I am researching water quality through the patterning of contaminant residue, focusing on ice cores. This is the first time the patterns in ice cores have been observed and my scientific research into causation is ongoing.
I display here a variety of liquids to showcase some of the variety of patterning observed in a research in collaboration with Bath Spa University, The University of Manchester, The Cabot Institute for the Environment and the British Antarctic Survey.
Biography
Julie has a background in scientific illustration and field research and have enjoyed a long professional career in Fine Art.
She has exhibited extensively for 30 years all over the world and my work features in Royal, private and public collections.
You may find her name published throughout books and articles in Europe, America, Canada, Australia and the Middle East.
All her work is natural science based with a focus on conservation awareness.
She have recently created the LIFELINE Project combining art, media and natural science fieldwork to create eco-education packs for schools.