JNSI Volume 50, no. 3 / 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
JNSI Volume 50, no. 3 / 2018
Story Abstracts
Editor's Note — Clara Richardson
Beyond Accuracy: Pursuing the Spirit of Place in Botanical Illustration — Preston Montague
Illuminations of a 3D Alphabet (open access)— Carolyn Bartlett Gast
LEAVES: What They Are, How They Work, Ways To Draw — Gretchen Kai Halpert
Product Review: Inktense® Pencils by Derwent® — Minelli Lucy France
RRRRIPED From The List: Artwork Gallery Exhibition — Stephen DiCerbo
Our BRAND NEW Website: gnsi.org —Diana Marques
Conference Review: Five Decades From Grassroots to Golden Anniversary —Linda M. Feltner
GNSI Awards 2018
 — Clara Richardson
GNSI Brisbane, Australia 2019 Preview
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Illuminations of a 3D Alphabet — Carolyn Bartlett Gast
— Carolyn Bartlett Gast
For thirty-one years I was a scientific illustrator peering through a stereoscopic microscope to make two-dimensional drawings of the beautiful, highly sculptured organisms that I saw. By analyzing stereographic pairs of Scanning Electron Microscope photographs, I found the principles of placement of matching details to achieve stereoscopic results.
Being a long-time lover of Late, High Gothic (almost decadent) medieval manuscript illumination and decoration, when my scientists were underwhelmed by my ability to make stereo scientific illustrations (“But nobody has ever done that!”) I decided to dash off the letters of the alphabet, incorporating medieval elements and using stereo principles.