The glomerulus is the structure in the kidney that filters waste and small molecules from the blood into the urine. Thick tubing is haphazardly coiled to demonstrate the flow of blood through the glomerulus. The vessels split and become smaller to increase the surface area for filtration. The structure is painted raw sienna. Blue and raw sienna podocytes made from modelling clay interdigitate to form the size-selective filtration barrier.
Something a bit different for day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar - a marble run #glomerulus sculpture with interdigitating podocytes for public engagement activities, now in the care of #BristolRenal.
Plastic fishtank piping, modroc, modelling clay and acrylic paint (2017).
#kidney #nephsky #sciart