Tag Archives: biological staining

On My Worktable: Revealing the Invisible: Methylene Blue and Malachite Green

Posted on March 18, 2014 by

Some cells and grids. I’m playing around with a couple of the colours I bought a while back, Methylene Blue and Malachite Green.

Both are blue in dilution. Both have a variety of uses. My interest is in how they might be used to reveal what is otherwise invisible. Continue reading →

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Cells and Kells

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Art-wise I’ve been spending some time, and this is in relation to my Below the Line project, brainstorming and researching, after writing my blog blue cells.  I was thinking about the Book of Kells and Carpet Pages. The connection?  As … Continue reading →

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