Stories, research and project history.
Since the beginning of Imaginarium of Tears, I have documented experiments, technical development, exhibitions and ideas behind the project through Micrograph Stories on Medium.
The Stories Within Our Tears
The crystallized images function as story starters rather than scientific readings of emotion.
Tears and Their Fractal Dimension
An exploratory branch examining the spatial structure of emotional, reflex and basal tear micrographs.
Imaginarium of Tears – Tear Collection Kit
The Tear Collection Kit grew from the practical challenge of capturing and storing genuine emotional tears away from the microscope.
Imaginarium of Tears Postcard Collection
Ten unique tears and stories brought together as a physical postcard collection.
Turning a 30+ Year Old Microscope into a More Modern Microscope
The detailed build story behind the custom CNC-controlled microscope scanning stage used to capture complete high-resolution micrographs.
The Journey of Imaginarium of Tears
The project started in 2015 and developed into experiments, exhibitions, press attention and a growing archive of tears and stories.
Photographs that reveal the true beauty of tears
The first public article showing the early tear experiments and the first results of the project.