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Stranger Visions by Heather Dewey-Hagborg

This super interesting project consists of 3D printed portraits based on DNA samples taken from objects found on the streets of Brooklyn (like gum, cigarettes and hair). Dewey-Hagborg worked with a DIY biology lab called Genspace, where she met a number of biologists who taught her everything she now knows about molecular biology and DNA. Via an interview with the artist:

So I extract the DNA in the lab and then I amplify certain regions of it using a technique called PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction. This allows me to study certain regions of the genome that tend to vary person to person, what are called SNPs or Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.

I send the results of my PCR reactions off to a lab for sequencing and what I get back are basically text files filled with sequences of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs, the nucleotides that compose DNA. I align these using a bioinformatics program and determine what allele is present for a particular SNP on each sample.

Then I feed this information into a custom computer program I wrote which takes all these values which code for physical genetic traits and parameterizes a 3d model of a face to represent them. For example gender, ancestry, eye color, hair color, freckles, lighter or darker skin, and certain facial features like nose width and distance between eyes are some of the features I am in the process of studying.

I add some finishing touches to the model in 3d software and then export it for printing on a 3d printer. I use a Zcorp printer which prints in full color using a powder type material, kind of like sand and glue.

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It’s that time again~! Another giveaway!
I am moving soon and I have a lot of things I need to start getting rid of. Soooo~ I figured one luck person could win an Angelic Pretty coord outfit!

The winner will get:

♥ One Angelic Pretty print dress (worn twice)
♥ A pair of sweet lolita pink boots (I don’t like Mary Janes~)
♥ A pair of sweet lolita thigh-high floral stockings (new)
♥ One Angelic Pretty candy bow bag (like new)
♥ One blonde lolita wig (worn once)

Here are the rules!!!

• Everyone must be following ME!
• Reblog as much as you want, the more the better!
• There will only be one winner~ (obviously)
• If you have any questions/concerns/problems, message me.
• The giveaway will end 30 June, 2013.

Good luck to everyone and may the prize go to someone worthy! ^3^

Have fun!!!