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Elke Stangl (elkement)
@elkement.art
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Art grounded in physics and math - generated with pencils, code, or digital pen (No AI). #SciArt.
Physics PhD, worked on: Heat pumps, superconductors, cyber security.
Website and blog: https://elkement.art
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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 12d
I've given the classical cylindrical mug vintage coffee-set vibes ... but with a geeky touch! ☕ 🤓

This mug shows two of my hand-made drawings based on physics, each an eloborate geometrical construction. 📐✏️

Available in my store:
store.elkement.art/en-eur/produ...

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a rainbow-colored geometric watercolor pencils drawing: An ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, constructed as an orthographic projection based on the three 2D straight-on projections. The combination of oblate ellipsoid and sphere resembles an UFO. Original drawing and mug design by elkement.art 2025. Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with two colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing. The photo shows parts of each drawing and the artist's logo between them. Photo of a white ceramic cynindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing: An ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, constructed as an orthographic projection based on the three 2D straight-on projections. Main colors: Orange, violet, and black. Original drawings and mug design by elkement.art 2025. Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing: An ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, constructed as an orthographic projection based on the three 2D straight-on projections. Main colors: Orange, violet, and black. Original drawing and mug design by elkement.art 2025. Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing. The photo shows parts of each drawing and the handle and a text with the artworks' names between them. Original drawings and mug design by elkement.art 2025.
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keradamo.com
🙌 I welcome you to visit my second virtual exhibition.

The artworks are not for sale (yet), but if you do see one that you want to hang as an actual physical print in your hallway for example, do get in touch and I will arrange it for you.

Enjoy!

#KeraDamo #Art #ArtSky #VR #Painting
Showing the gallery with the second virtual exhibition of visual artist Kera Damo
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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"Poinsot's Pixel Spaceship"

Physics of the gyroscope - seen as an invasion of friendly aliens :)

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt

Ellipsoid intersecting sphere as the equations say :)

Hand-crafted Javascript code based on #threejs, no AI. MathJax for the LaTex characters.

Physics details in ALT.
Digital collage of code-generated artworks: An purple ellipsoid intersects a blue sphere. Either sutrface is shown as covered with dots in varying colors. Ethereal, sparkling effect. Background: Physics of the force-free gyroscope. The intersection of ellipsoid and sphere represents the path the angular momentum vector traces out, seen from the spinning gyroscope. Equations for constant energy (ellipsoid) and magnitude of constant angular momentum (sphere) are added as LaTex characters, floating over the surface of the ellipsoid.
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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stellerarts.com
Great Red Spot & Great Red Spot Jr.
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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chrissysparksart.bsky.social
I painted this beautiful view of the moon looking out into the vastness of space. #astroart #sciart #painting #art

chrissysparksart.etsy.com/listing/1717...
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling!

It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.

This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!

Artists! Drop your shop links!

& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
Sarah holds up a calendar page showing an anglerfish that says "light up the darkness
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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davidbrace2.bsky.social
From the "Crushed" series: "Crush (Inv.1890:1456 cat:00287181)", oil on canvas, 12x12", 2024- regularly $800(Cdn), on sale to residents in Canada, the UK & EU for $600(Cdn). DM if interested. #art
An oil painting of 3 crushed drink cans against a dark brown background. Behind a dark pink Cush cream soda can is a can crushed down to a small crescent & a Pabst Blue Ribbon can. The catalogue number in the title will lead to the work being referenced if you feel like googling it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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I've added #MathArt pillows to my store - using my 2024 3D Lissajous Figures art!

store.elkement.art/pages/pillows

#SciArt created with hand-written code (no AI).

Each of the four pillows shows different but closely related figures on the front and and the back:
Mockups of pillows with mathematical art created by elkement (with hand-written code) - front sides: Sets of self-similar Lissajous Figures in different colors, two of them also showing the 2D projections. Two of them show the figures glowing on dark background, the other ones show the figures ind bold colors, graphic-design-style. By elkement 2025. Mockups of pillows with mathematical art created by elkement (with hand-written code) - back sides: Sets of self-similar Lissajous Figures in different colors, two of them also showing the 2D projections. Two of them show the figures glowing on dark background, the other ones show the figures ind bold colors, graphic-design-style. By elkement 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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sciencesocks.bsky.social
I can't believe the holidays are already around the corner 😱

So I must inform you that I have the most stellar #JWST designs for all your gifting needs 😉

🔗 sciencesocks.co/coll...

Sharing is appreciated 🙏
🧪🐡🔭🎨
close of knitted sock with JWST image JWST ornament Gold JWST jewelry in 14k gold JWST umbrella depicting the first deep field image that was released
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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thisiscolossal.com
Ceramics mimic cardboard in Jacques Monneraud’s trompe-l’œil ode to Giorgio Morandi. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jacq...
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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New geometrical drawing of mine, colored with watercolors.

Spins in quantum mechanics and stereographic projection. "Where does this weird factor 1/2 come from"

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt

Inspired by Roger Penrose! My 2021 blog post about the math: elkement.art/2021/10/26/s...
Summary in ALT!
Geometrical construction colored with watercolors and annotated with mathematical formulae: Spin in quantum mechanics related to stereographic projection. By elkement 2025. The spin is built from an up and a down component. If you visualize it as an arrow pointing in a certain direction, you can project down the point where the spin punctures the sphere. The image point In the equatorial plane can be interpreted as the ratio of the "amounts" of up and down component (This is not exact terminology.) Playing with the geometry, half of the inclination angle theta of the original arrow shows up again when looking at the projection in the plane. This factor one half is what a lot of weirdness of spins can be traced back to (like: "You need two full rotations to get back to the original state").
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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diffgeom.com
Particularly looking forward to coffee tomorrow!

store.elkement.art/en-eur/pages...

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
Right-hander's view of white ceramic coffee mug decorated with elkement's hand-drawn ellipsoids. Left-hander's view of white ceramic coffee mug decorated with elkement's hand-drawn ellipsoids.
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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erikaleesears.bsky.social
Are we there yet? #art #oilpainting
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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diffgeom.com
There are new nylon earring designs in my online math shop! Anemone is a stylized representation of the complex 2/7-power.

To celebrate, all my original nylon designs are at a special price, which includes shipping to the US.

www.diffgeom.com/product-cate...

#MathSky #MathArt #Jewelry #3DPrinting
Pink 20mm nylon earrings in the shape of knotted bands having 7-fold rotational symmetry. Purple 20mm nylon earrings in the shape of knotted bands having 7-fold rotational symmetry. Red 20mm nylon earrings in the shape of knotted bands having 7-fold rotational symmetry.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Watch artist @sambodia.bsky.social create a new digital painting of a cyborg lady every single day in November!
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
Molybdenite wins physics vote (source of Re for geochronology, Mo used as a catalyst, battery electrodes, alloys of iron & semiconductors),

But Tetrahedrite gets physics points for being thermoelectric (turn heat into electricity) & some arts points as a historically important ore of copper #OreCup
Molybdenite on quartz Locality : Moly Hill mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada Size : 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm via Wikipedia Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite Locality: Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 8.2 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm. A large, very rich specimen of sharp, modified Tetrahedrite crystals from Peru. These crystals, often intergrown or sprinkled with showy brassy Chalcopyrite, measure to .9 cm along the edge. The Tetrahedrites have superb luster and have fascinating modifications on the faces and edges. All rest on massive Sphalerite, and there are several large, intergrown via Wikipedia
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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sambodia.bsky.social
Day 4: Inner workings… #huevember #huevember2025 ✨🎨🤖🤔🙏 #drawing #artsky #artistsupport #artistsonbluesky #portrait #robot #art #smallcreator
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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As it's tradition since 2012, this blog post of mine is trending again - as every year when it gets colder on the Northern hemisphere.

Mice are looking for winter quarters, and people on the internet search for "Can mice get into microwaves?"

The answer is: Yes!

elkement.art/2012/11/16/m...
Microwave Ovens Are Not Rodent-Ready
It happened again.  It took me four years to cope with, and now I have to start again from day zero. (Insert 2 minutes of silence and grieving here) Any device we use on a daily basis is …
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November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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philknutson.bsky.social
Humulone! 🍻

Humulone is a complex organic acid found in hop resin and plays a huge role in beer bitterness. When hops are boiled during brewing, humulone isomerizes to form iso-alpha acids meaning more soluble and intensely bitter isomers.

And it’s in my beer art! #chemsky #sciart
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
elkement.art
I've given the classical cylindrical mug vintage coffee-set vibes ... but with a geeky touch! ☕ 🤓

This mug shows two of my hand-made drawings based on physics, each an eloborate geometrical construction. 📐✏️

Available in my store:
store.elkement.art/en-eur/produ...

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a rainbow-colored geometric watercolor pencils drawing: An ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, constructed as an orthographic projection based on the three 2D straight-on projections. The combination of oblate ellipsoid and sphere resembles an UFO. Original drawing and mug design by elkement.art 2025. Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with two colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing. The photo shows parts of each drawing and the artist's logo between them. Photo of a white ceramic cynindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing: An ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, constructed as an orthographic projection based on the three 2D straight-on projections. Main colors: Orange, violet, and black. Original drawings and mug design by elkement.art 2025. Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing: An ellipsoid intersecting a sphere, constructed as an orthographic projection based on the three 2D straight-on projections. Main colors: Orange, violet, and black. Original drawing and mug design by elkement.art 2025. Photo of a white ceramic cylindrical mug on a wooden coffee table. The mug is printed with a colorful geometric watercolor pencils drawing. The photo shows parts of each drawing and the handle and a text with the artworks' names between them. Original drawings and mug design by elkement.art 2025.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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"Metropolis of Math"

Using my own code-generated digital art (threejs/Javascript code, no AI) as a reference for watercolor paintings - two different interpretations!

The three towers are based on three different functions (loosely inspired by orbitals).

#MathArt #SciArt
Photo of a digital artwork (threejs rendering of a mathematical function as tubes) on an ipad, and two watercolor paintings below that as based on the digital image as a reference. By elkement 2025.
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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mathzorro.bsky.social
Check out the creators on this thread throughout the weekend for some independent artists.
mauraquint.bsky.social maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 15d
It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!

If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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diffgeom.com
I have mathematical greeting cards (original designs, no AI, boxes of 10) in stock!

www.diffgeom.com/product-cate...

Price includes shipping within the US.

Browse the whole shop:
www.diffgeom.com/shop

#MathSky #MathArt
A virtual evening scene depicting a Georgia O'Keeffe-like enameled orb over a silhouetted range of mountains under a winter sky, dusted with five-pointed stars.
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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blenderartists.org
'House of Stairs' by Dave Mennenoh

https://blenderartists.org/t/house-of-stairs/1613782?mtm_kwd=bsky

#b3d #blender #blender3d #blenderrender #blendercommunity #3d
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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walk-n-talk.bsky.social
walking uphill, looking up

#BlueSkyMonday
#Photography #Pinhole
A strong wind has already stripped some trees of their leaves. Sunlight filters through the heavy clouds in a windy blue sky. A winding road leads uphill. Yellow, orange, and brown leaves are in front of a mostly blue sky.
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM