If you are at all inclined to dip your toes into the world of scientific visual communications there are two must-attend events this summer: the Guild of Natural Illustrators’ Annual Conference (Bar Harbor, ME from July 7-13, 2013) and the Association of Medical Illustrators’ Annual Conference (Salt Lake City, UT from July 17-20, 2013). The [...]

Any evolutionary biologist will tell you that flight has evolved independently several times in the history of life on earth, but can they tell you how many times muscle leggings have evolved? We don’t generally talk fashion here at Symbiartic, but many consider high fashion to be art, so you’ll forgive me for a moment [...]

Listen up, Lonely Hearts Club. Before you get all frothy about the holiday that rubs salt in the wounds of your failed attempts at love, take a page out of Beth Croce’s book on How to Mend a Broken Heart, will ya? Because I’m sure that all you need to cauterize the wound inflicted by [...]

First, fermented fashion, now fermented teeth? Ok, ok, foul ball?! Halloween is a month away and already, kids everywhere are beginning to dream of the loot they’ll collect in one night of frantic bliss. So what better time for a reminder of the perils of periodontal disease!? But seriously, in our September jaunt through science [...]

Reports of last week’s Guild of Natural Science Illustrator’s Annual Conference in Savannah, GA are in and it was another successful meeting. If you weren’t able to attend or you’re already jonesin’ for your next sciart fix, don’t stress. Across the border to our north is the next big scienceart convention. This time, it’s the [...]

One of the most fascinating aspects of art is that two artists can use the same exact materials and create vastly different works. Last week, I posted an interview with Heather Knight, an artist who creates abstract porcelain tiles inspired by nature’s patterns and textures. Today, I introduce Kate MacDowell, another artist working in unglazed [...]