Art down the rabbit hole

A philosophy major turned artist, Maggie Taylor depicts a whimsical world that looks like something Lewis Carroll might have dreamed up had Alice's adventures through the looking glass led her into Monty Python's flying circus.


Check out Maggie Taylor's website for more about the artist and her quirky gorgeous works.

Alice's Adventures in Microscopic Wonderland

Three beetles sip tea at a table made of butterfly wings, set in a field of crystallized vitamin C while aphids fly overhead, and it looks every bit as fanciful as Lewis Carroll's world beyond the rabbit hole.



This image, by illustrator Colleen Champ and microscopist Dennis Kunkel, was among the first prize winners at the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.

Read more about it on Wired Magazine and on the contest website, where you can see other fascinating images that blur the lines between science and art.