To make this heart, photographer Helene Caillaud flung paint off a tool attached to a drill bit, much like Fabian Oefner did in his “Black Hole” series. Caillaud, however, tweaked Keep reading
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“Otherworld, Vol. 1”
Roman De Giuli’s “Otherworld, Volume 1” is a beautiful exploration of color and flow. Glittery particulates act as tracers in the flow, reminiscent of the way rheoscopic fluids do. In Keep reading
Twirling Liquids
What do you get when you spin a splash? I expect the result is a lot like these whirling fluid structures captured by photographer Hélène Caillaud. I love the fantastical Keep reading
Envisioning Chemical Patterns
One of the most beautiful chemical reactions is the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, and it’s the subject of the latest video from Beauty of Science. Known colloquially as the BZ reaction, it Keep reading
“Magic Fluids”
In his short film, “Magic Fluids,” Roman De Giuli uses cyan, magenta, and yellow paints to generate a rainbow of macro colors. All the fluid motion you see is a practical Keep reading
Pollock Avoided Coiling
Artists are often empirical masters of fluid dynamics, as they must be to achieve the effects they want. Jackson Pollock was particularly known for his so-called dripping technique, in which he dropped Keep reading
“Muses”
What looks like Baroque paintings are, in fact, underwater photographs in Christy Lee Rogers’ new “Muses” series. By photographing her models underwater at night, Rogers creates a unique, almost dream-like atmosphere Keep reading
Accidental Painting
Some paintings of Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros feature patchy, spotted areas of contrasting color formed by what Siqueiros described as “accidental painting”. Many modern artists use this technique as well. Keep reading
“Kingdom of Colours”
Oil, paint, and soap combine to create a polychrome landscape in Thomas Blanchard’s “Kingdom of Colours” short film. Colorful droplets of paint coated in oil form anti-bubbles that skim along Keep reading
Paint Spilling Physics
There is a remarkable amount of physics contained in art. In this video, scientists from The Splash Lab explore some of the physics involved in pouring paint atop a rectangular Keep reading