Drawing Tuesday - Science Gallery

This was our first visit to KCL's Science Gallery, in the shadow of The Shard. Was it the minimalist environment that took some getting used to, or was it the combination of science and art?

I found the exhibits in the "Spare Parts" exhibition interesting and thought-provoking, with "mediators" on hand to answer questions and offer to print out 3D body parts for the kids, eg a tooth. The 3D printing, even of small objects, takes a surprisingly long time!

Intrigued by the evidence of the printing process - those fine lines -

I  wondered if these printed-out body parts were child-sized or adult-sized -

as big as a fist

the vertebra were awkward....

Janet B also tackled the body parts (surely that's an aorta?) -

 "The thing" proved popular - it's called the Microbiome Replacement Incubator (explained here) and looks a bit like this -

Jo's rendition -

 Janet B's -

 .. and on the right, Janet K's, along with views of a human larynx -

 Judith preferred the glassy-ness of a collection of beakers -

 Carol took on the spikiness of cacti, juxtaposing them to a hellebore drawn elsewhere -

 Sue focussed on glass sculptures of artificial kidneys

 and then on part of a 3d mural showing the individuality of human hearts -

Tool of the week - water-soluble Woody pencils -