Crisped rice breakfast cereal, SEM

Garlic, sagittal view, MRI

Kiwi, sagittal view, MRI

Raw onion

Raw ginger, SEM

Tomato, sagittal view, MRI

Chia (Salvia hispanica) seeds

Cabbage, axial view, MRI

Kiwi, axial view, MRI

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Collage of multiple cross sections through a single kiwi. The kiwi has been virtually sliced along a horizontal axis from left to right, giving you a bird's eye view into the centre of the fruit (axial or transverse plane). A series of sequential ultra-thin slices through the entire fruit were taken and selected slices from that series are shown here. These images were acquired by spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which reveals details inside the kiwi without damaging it. The images are digitally coloured where contrast corresponds to MRI signal intensity and hue was changed to match the natural colour of the fruit.

Illustration of raw onion as seen through a scanning electron microscope. Raw onion reveals an ordered underlying structure similar to cracks or fracture lines in rocks. Width of image is 1280 micrometres.

These drawings form part of a series of work "Raw to Processed" which considers food and its relationship to health, looking at patterns in the structure of food and how these change when food is processed.

Collage of multiple cross sections through a single artichoke. The artichoke has been virtually sliced along a horizontal axis from left to right, giving you a bird's eye view into the centre of the vegetable (axial or transverse plane). A series of sequential ultra-thin slices through the entire vegetable were taken and selected slices from that series are shown here. These images were acquired by spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which reveals details inside the artichoke without damaging it. The images are digitally coloured where contrast corresponds to MRI signal intensity and hue was changed to match the natural colour of the vegetable.

Artichoke, axial view, MRI

Collage of cross sections through various fruits and vegetables (star fruit, conker, garlic, tinda, pomegranate, artichoke, mandarin orange, squash, persimmon, strawberry, tomato, cabbage). Ultra-thin virtual slices through the fruit or vegetable were acquired by spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which reveals details inside the object without damaging it. The images are digitally coloured where contrast corresponds to MRI signal intensity and hue was changed to match the natural colour of the fruit or vegetable.

Collage of mixed fruits and vegetables, MRI

Conceptual artwork illustrating how humans may evolve in the future in a world affected by climate change. Depicted here is a single body hair which has been bioengineered to function as a digestive system. Bacteria on the hair feed on pollutants in the atmosphere (such as hydrocarbons) and convert them into nutrients. These are then absorbed by the body through hair and into the bloodstream.

This image forms part of an ongoing project "After Information", a speculative scenario which imagines a post-informational era where biotechnologies are commonplace and widely accepted into human life.

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Kiwi, axial view, MRI

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Bioengineered hair absorbs nutrients, conceptual artwork

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