Wenting Zhu Cultivates a Kaleidoscopic Garden of Crystals in 100+ Petri Dishes


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Wenting Zhu Cultivates a Kaleidoscopic Garden of Crystals in 100+ Petri Dishes

Wenting Zhu and the team at Beauty of Science have released another visual ode to nature’s processes. “Crystal Garden: Seasons” features more than 100 chemical compounds manipulated with various pigments to create a kaleidoscope of colorful growths that spring up and crawl across the tiny, round vessels. Zhu writes about the project: “Garden serves as a metaphor for the meeting of the natural and the man-made. A garden is a space where nature and human intention intertwine: neither wholly wild nor entirely artificial.”

Find more on Beauty of Science’s Behance and website. You also might enjoy the studio’s study of molds and salt.

a blue and green crystal formation in a round petri dish
white and pink crystals in a petri dish
blue and purple crystals
pink crystals in a petri dish
blue and white crystals

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