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Art
Line Drawing
Scientific depictions
Insects
Stephanie Korschun's Insect Drawings:
A Class Apart
Introduced by M.G. Hudson
Like Marianne North Kew, the Victorian era
artist and botanist who explored, drew and painted creatures and plants of the Amazon,
Stephanie Korschun's work is biologically precise and artistically satisfying Her
exacting drawings give one a feeling of wings and freedom, not rigidity, softening
the line between art and scientific description. In this age of computer generated
images, it is nice to know that there are skilled artists like Stephanie Korschun
who can observe accurately and render real information while making a thing of beauty.
How did she get this skill? Unlike some of us, Stephanie is is
a modest person who doesn't like to talk about herself too much. She studied science
at university, worked for an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project which
used computers and earthquake data. One day she spent some time at the Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT) in Eugene, Oregon, and got hooked on its mission of hands-on technology
of bicycle building and educational programs. She learned and now teaches layout,
tube bending, welding, cutting, metal finishing and machining to young people as
part of CAT"s educational curriculum of reality inspired learning. Stephanie
loves teaching bike building and has earned the respect of the kids. As a scientific
artist, I think she earns another kind of respect.
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