'Small but perfectly formed' – an exhibition

John and his son Joe picked me up at 10am to drive to Twigworth, a village just to the north of Gloucester. I had arranged for us to meet up with our friends Mary and Pip who were driving up from Bristol so that we could see John's amazing new exhibition which has just opened at 'Nature in Art' housed in a fine old country house. For more details see their website here.

John has been perfecting his stereoscopic (ie 3D) imaging of microscopic organisms and objects which he has found of natural forms. Now this exhibition allows everyone to share in exploring these unique images by presenting them on a large screen where they can be viewed through special glasses. He has also prepared a variety of other 2D microscopic views on the walls, some of which can be seen hanging in this blip.

But it is the series of screen images which take peoples breath away with audible gasps heard form this particular audience today. Some images are of obvious but enlarged subjects, such as a goldfinch's nest.  Others take the viewer to a magnification of up to 500 times to see deep inside and around diatoms, liverworts, mosses, cells of mistletoe leaves and even the sharp spikes of stinging nettles. My blip shows a subject magnified by 490 times.

You might need to return to see the exhibition again as the images are so unusual and hard to comprehend.  But see them you must Blippers! If only John was a blipper, Tiny Tuesday challenges would never be the same.

We had lunch together in the cafe and before heading in our separate ways, I took a picture of John examining a new fungus on one of the trees outside in the garden. I suggested it would be a good subject for a latest image to add to the collection on the screen. I have added it to my 'Extra photos' collection below.