When engineers and inventors have also been artists:
A collage of enhanced vintage patent drawings dated 1874 to 1911, all featuring a mouse in addition to the invented contraption.
I am always intrigued by the level of "unnecessary" detail in these antique drawings! I want to do my best to bring these images to life again, colorfully arranged in a collection of unrelated, yet similar images.
This 6700 pixel wide collage consists of images that were originally scanned at 300dpi resolution. For a crisp printed image, those 300dpi should not be exceeded too much when printing. 22 inches is the optimal width.
Elke Stangl (elkement) (she/her) is an Austrian physics PhD working as an engineer. Her mathematical art is borne out of her life-long passion for the theoretical underpinnings of her craft. She is creating virtual three-dimensional structures from mathematical functions – digitally with code or with ruler and compass, using.. Read more…