Colored Skeletons
Japanese scientists at The Tokyo Hands have found a way to render animal skins transparent and inject the skeletal systems with an array of beautiful and bright colors. These preservations have recently found their way into art and design collections and have been linked to the popular Bodies Exhibit.
The proteins (fleshy areas) are soaked in a solution that renders it transparent. Then it goes through a dying process which dyes the bones a magenta color, and the cartilage a blue/cyan color. The process can take over year depending on the specimen. ― as explained by PlatypusBob on Core77.
Nice. Check out more at the Japanese blog: Design Blog Bird Yard.
✩ I found the translated English article explaining the whole process.
These are incredible! This is the kind of thing that blows me away - just the fact that someone somewhere thought something like this could be possible. Thanks for the post!
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