All Outputs (3)

Printing with tonalli: Reproducing featherwork from precolonial Mexico using structural colorants (2023)
Journal Article
Trujillo-Vazquez, A., Abedini, F., Pranovich, A., Parraman, C., & Klein, S. (2023). Printing with tonalli: Reproducing featherwork from precolonial Mexico using structural colorants. Colorants, 2(4), 632-653. https://doi.org/10.3390/colorants2040033

Two of the most significant cases of extant 16th-century featherwork from Mexico are the so-called Moctezuma’s headdress and the Ahuizotl shield. While the feathers used in these artworks exhibit lightfast colors, their assembly comprises mainly orga... Read More about Printing with tonalli: Reproducing featherwork from precolonial Mexico using structural colorants.

The Tartan Ribbon or further experiments of - Maxwell's Disappointment / Sutton's Accident (2023)
Journal Article
Klein, S., & Elter, P. (2023). The Tartan Ribbon or further experiments of - Maxwell's Disappointment / Sutton's Accident. Heritage, 6(2), 968-978. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6020054

On 17 May 1861, James Clerk Maxwell delivered a lecture at the Royal Society where he demonstrated, using a lantern slide projection, his theory for colour perception in the human eye via the additive colour process known today as RGB. Three images f... Read More about The Tartan Ribbon or further experiments of - Maxwell's Disappointment / Sutton's Accident.

Moonlight (2023)
Journal Article
Klein, S., & Goodman, B. (2023). Moonlight. IMPACT Printmaking Journal,

The moon is the biggest object in the night sky. Its light has always fascinated. That special quality of light invites all kinds of superstition, from the healing power of the waning moon to good luck during full moon, from disabled children to pots... Read More about Moonlight.