Shani Bensimon




Studio Blog/ work in progress




Aquatint prints
model for large scale exhibition
cement and plaster test 
oil on canvas
Before dissolving- mulberry kozo and silk fabric 
mulberry kozo and silk fabric 
Microscope image silk protein on Mulberry fibers
Silk protein on Mulberry fibers tests
Silk in enzyme bath
silk mulberry composit material
Silk protein, Mulberry, Egyptian Blue pigment

Silk mulberry, oil on canvas
Mulberry-silk composit material-first tests 
Mulberry extract 
Dragonfly wings, research on structure of ultra-light materials.
 
The silk-mulberry composit showed potential as an ultra-light material, strog, biocompatible, modular translucency (Refractive index nearly-match between fibroin and mulberry cell walls). 

A detailed technical description is available for collaborators and interested readers(password required) [link].
cellulose membrane, sea, fresh water
test for architecture: Fresh water lake inside the ocean
Gold on egg membrane

Tests for electric conductivity / signals in a sculpture

The egg membrane is a piezoelectric material- made of collagen and calcium residue. The movement of waves naturally convert into faint electrical charges, subtle enough that some animals could perceive them.




Calcium waves marking fertilization of Ciona egg. Credit video: Hiro Ishii and Tomomi Tani.
  

the meeting of a fresh-water fish with a sea-water fish

the membrane allows water molecules to pass but blocks salt ions, creating a ‘freshwater lake’ inside the ocean. 


a short-lived experiment, but one that gestures toward larger architectures: how species and environments, geographically distant and ecologically distinct, might be placed into contact. 





Monoprint oil on paper 
Pine tree
Monoprint oil on paper
John Constable’s Pine tree, c.1833
Constable’s Pine tree, today
resin form the tree
turpentine print, aquatint
distillation process