Tag Archives: #sciart
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SciQuilt – A Scene from the Stern
Leave a commentMay 24, 2023 by Dr. G
This quilt welcomes you to Stories from the South Atlantic Ocean, a selection of scientific ocean drilling activities from JOIDES Resolution during Expedition 390 (South Atlantic Transect I).
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SciQuilt – Location, Location, Location (x 2)
Leave a commentMay 12, 2023 by Dr. G
All geoscience research projects (including quilting projects!) need a location map – and an IODP expedition is no exception.
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SciQuilt – From the Bridge
Leave a commentApril 19, 2023 by Dr. G
This quilt captures a phrase commonly spoken on the bridge of the scientific research vessel JOIDES Resolution. Can you decipher the phrase?
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SciQuilt – Blue skies and cloud cover
Leave a commentMarch 1, 2023 by Dr. G
After leaving JOIDES Resolution, I knew I wanted to pull together a data visualization that not only documented the daily Sky/Cloud measurements, but also as a shout-out to the kindergarten teacher that turned her students into mini-scientists observing the world around them, and to the Second Mate from JR Expedition 390 who took the time to explain to the kids (and to me!) his daily weather observations and for responding to all the questions.
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SciQuilt – Starting with the Endangered Species Act
Leave a commentJanuary 2, 2023 by Dr. G
Signed in to law by President Nixon on December 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found.
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SciQuilt – Looking Out at the Ghosts of the Coast
1December 23, 2022 by Dr. G
This quilt, featuring a view of a ghost forest, was selected for the juried art exhibit The Changing Chesapeake.
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SciQuilt – Sharing the Ocean Biome with ESWN
Leave a commentMarch 8, 2022 by Dr. G
When asked if I had a quilt to donate to the ESWN 20th anniversary raffle, I knew I wanted to further share the focus of starting ocean conservation wtih the biome instead of individual species
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SciQuilt – When Snow is a No-Show for the Iditarod
Leave a commentMarch 3, 2022 by Dr. G
The Iditarod celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022. But with warming temperatures, how much longer can the race be run?
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SciQuilt – NOAA’s key focus areas
Leave a commentFebruary 20, 2022 by Dr. G
This is my first NOAA-themed quilt, highlighting the key focus areas of NOAA’s work.
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SciQuilt – What to know before we go (on IODP Exp. 390/393)
1January 4, 2022 by Dr. G
When I asked the science co-chiefs of IODP Expeditions 390/393 what one piece of information they would like everyone to know about this upcoming work, here is what they had to say…
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Coastal optimism quilts journey to Louisiana
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2021 by Dr. G
The Stitching Hope for the Louisiana Coast quilt collection goes on display at the 2021 AGU Fall Meeting in New Orleans
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SciQuilt – DSDP Leg 3
2September 4, 2021 by Dr. G
A quilt dedicated to the legacy of scientific ocean drilling and its role in proving the theory of plate tectonics
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Full collection – Stitching Hope for the Louisiana Coast
3June 30, 2021 by Dr. G
All nine quilts are displayed in this post, with links to full descriptions and videos explaining their stories of coastal optimism.
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Drawing Down Towards Climate Solutions
1June 24, 2021 by Dr. G
A mini quilt collection that calls attention to climate solutions presented in the Project Drawdown sectors
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SciQuilt – The changing balance of Arctic sea ice
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2021 by Dr. G
I decided to try something different with my latest science-themed quilt – I challenged myself with a challenge! Curated Quilts …
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Stitching Hope for the Louisiana Coast – Flood Gate
1February 24, 2021 by Dr. G
This quilt describes a flood gate structure, from a tour of the Bayou Petite Caillou Flood Gate in Louisiana with LUMCON
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SciQuilt – I HeART Earth Science
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2021 by Dr. G
The online community platform Lifeology hosted a science communication challenge with the theme creativity in science. As I started reflecting …
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Local Wisdom along the Louisiana Coast
1January 11, 2021 by Dr. G
One way to combat coastal subsidence is to watch, to listen, and to learn from what locals have been doing and saying all along.
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Temperature blanket – the perfect baby gift
1December 7, 2020 by Dr. G
In 2017, I started crocheting temperature data. It was inspired by a tweet I saw on Twitter at the very …
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Endangered Species Act and the Louisiana Coast
3November 28, 2020 by Dr. G
During OCEANDOTCOMM 2018, I learned so much during my short time at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), but there …
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Introduction to Quilting Science Stories
13November 13, 2020 by Dr. G
I originally created this quilt to represent the overarching theme of all my quilts, but then I updated it to …
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PA – Quilting during Science-a-Thon 2020
1October 16, 2020 by Dr. G
Each year, I look forward to participating in the Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) Science-a-Thon, a social media effort during …
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Stitching Hope for the Louisiana Coast – Introductory Quilt
1August 28, 2020 by Dr. G
The quilt that introduces the science quilt collection on coastal optimism, Stitching Hope for the Louisiana Coast
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Temperature blanket – Tyler Arboretum at the beginning
1July 23, 2020 by Dr. G
2020 has been an unbelievable year – all things changed in March, including my education and outreach plans for the …
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SciQuilt – It Begins With The Biome
3June 7, 2020 by Dr. G
World biomes is a good quilt topic, as there’s a “pointlessness of saving the pandas if you don’t start by saving the biome.”
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SciQuilt – Episode Zero
1September 8, 2019 by Dr. G
It seems as if my latest quilt should have been the very first one I created for my collection of …
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SciQuilt – Project Drawdown
Leave a commentJuly 27, 2019 by Dr. G
Drawdown is the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and then start …
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Stitching Hope for the Coast – Marsh Restoration
1December 28, 2018 by Dr. G
On the afternoon of the second day of OCEANDOTCOMM, I joined a tour of the salt marshes to explore restoration efforts, led …
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Stitching Hope for the Coast – Invasion of the Apple Snail
2September 29, 2018 by Dr. G
On the first full day of OCEANDOTCOMM, our final speaker of the morning was Delaina LeBlanc from BTNEP, the Barataria-Terrebonne …
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Stitching Hope for the Coast – Pointe-au-Chien garden
2July 22, 2018 by Dr. G
On the third day of our time at OCEANDOTCOMM, we loaded on to a bus and headed over to meet …
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Stitching Hope for the Coast – TABASCO® has no plans to leave home
2July 11, 2018 by Dr. G
This is a video I created with the background and description of the quilt – please enjoy and share! Before …
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Stitching Hope for the Coast – Christmas trees provide coastal optimism
6June 28, 2018 by Dr. G
I was a participant in the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) OCEANDOTCOM program in 2018. At that event, the gathering …
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