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June 26, 2013

fuckyeahfluiddynamics:

Have you ever wondered what happens inside a jet of fluid as it breaks into droplets? Such events are not commonly or readily measured. This video uses a double emulsion—in which immiscible fluids are encapsulated into a multi-layer droplet—to demonstrate interior fluid flow during the Plateau-Rayleigh instability. The innermost drops and the fluid encapsulating them have a low surface tension between them, thanks to the addition of a surfactant to the inner drops. As a result, the inner drops are easily deformed by motion in the fluid surrounding them. Flow on the left side of the jet is clearly parabolic, similar to pipe flow. Closer to the pinch-off, the inner droplets shift to vertical lines, indicating that the interior flow’s velocity is constant across the jet. After pinch-off, the inner droplets return to a spherical shape because they are no longer being deformed by fluid movement around them. The coiling of the inner drops inside the bigger one is due to the electrical charges in the surfactant used. (Video credit: L. L. A. Adams  and D. A. Weitz)

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Almost every inch of this beach was like a tiny abstract painting. If only I could slice of the delicious clay crust of this historic and rugged coastline. Natural installations are imminent.
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#landart #nature #wip #artistinresidence #claypainting #beach #fieldwork #geology #earth #elements #alchemy #axismundi #newwork #art #residency #blue
Nothing like some blue clay on a beach to excite the ceramicist in me. There’s gonna be some digging. Watch this space.
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#artistinresidence #art #artist #inspiration #ceramics #blueclay #nature #beach #naturalmaterials #earth #elements #alchemy #axismundi #wip #workinginnature #residency
Finally managed to get on the beach for some ‘field work’ last week. Itching to get started on some of the installations and sculptures I’ve been talking to the students about at Josephine Butler College. Can’t wait to see them get their hands dirty. The array of colours on this clay filled beach is stunning.
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#clay beach #wip #residency #josephinebutler #durhum #fieldwork #nature #naturalmaterials #elements #alchemy #atonewithnature #artistinresidence
I have an enormous crush on Sol LeWitt and I’m very comfortable with that.
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#ilovesollewitt #artistcrush #sollewitt #justdo #artbyinstruction #drawing #blackandwhite #process #method
I get mini somersaults with this guy’s work.
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#drawing #blackandwhite #simpleinstructions #whatisart #sfmoma #artistdayout #raredayoff #culture #gallery #art #sollewitt #artistcrush
Detail. Detail. Detail. This artist gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. Can you see what it is yet?
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#sfmoma #gallery #artgeek #scribble #blackandwhite #simplicity #drawing #sollewitt #justdo
Artists look at the most ordinary things with a different eye. This is one of those moments.
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#inspiredbynature #art #elements #artistinresidence #nature #snow #water #blackandwhite #photography #residency #josephinebutler #linedrawing #joyinthemundane
Accidental line drawings in the snow making the cogs turn.
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#linedrawing #snow #nature #inspiration #elements #water #residency #artist #durham #artistinresidence
A walk in nature always gets the creative juices flowing. Ideas forming for my new residency
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#linedrawing #blackandwhite #photography #snow #nature #residency #artist #josephinebutler #elements #axismundi
Nothing like the classics to put you in the zone.
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#spiders #louisebourgeois  #sculpture #dayoff #art #gallery

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