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Cross stitch embroideries of microbes and viruses by Alicia Watkins

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Back in 2014 we first posted about the charming cross stitch embroideries of dangerous microbes and viruses created by artist Alicia Watkins. In the intervening months Watkins has created quite a few more quaint pathogens, including malaria protozoa and anthrax bacterium.
via Laughing Squid

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