Transparent Specimens: Making Flesh Invisible [Art]

Iori Tomita, a Japanese artist, combines art and science by turning the flesh of marine life transparent. And to augment each creature’s invisibility, he injected dye into their bones too. It’s a beautiful psychedelic combination.

How do you’re making flesh translucent? It’s a way that involves the dissolution of natural proteins. Tomita first learned of it from scientists who would examine the minuscule bone structure of fish. He then adds red dye to hard bones and blue dye to soft bones, which would blend together if the skeleton was complex enough. Looking on size, it takes 4-6 months to succeed in Tomita’s intended effect. [ Shinsekai via Cool Hunting ]

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