Today the participants of the Periodic Table Printmaking Project got notice that our prints will likely be put on display at the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s new exhibit space in Philly. (45min away for me. yay!)

Dates are pending, but I’m so excited! I’ll have to encourage my friends to go see it because I’m so proud. (and i’m crazy)

I thought I’d share my entries… and I will flat out say that I’m happy with neither. Don’t get me wrong, I loooooved doing the project! But I rushed to get them done on time, plus, both elements are listed as having ‘no use’!! So… yeah. I guess I could have gotten really creative, but eh… I didn’t get inspired, unfortunately.

Okay well it’s been a little while, and this is probably something I should have mentioned earlier: Last year (spring/summer 07) I participated in something called the Periodic Table Printmaking Project.The project was coordinated by azuregrackle (Jenn Schmitt).

Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts. — Jenn Schmitt

I participated in the project, and it has been featured on several blogs, as well as there is a possibility of it becoming printed in poster and/or book form (if I remember correctly).

Check out the table of all the elements.

I printed elements 105 (dubnium) and 85 (astatine), which were kind of difficult to come up with ideas for… since… both have like.. nearly no use. hahaha.

_{NOTE: This was originally posted Feb. 5th, 2008, and has been backdated for chronological accuracy.}