April Neander 🏳️‍🌈

More recently, my art has taken a new direction, utilizing anatomical structures from microCT and different maker technologies to create recognizably biological abstract pieces. I like playing with light and new materials like #3DPrinting. 4/6

Found a use for this X-ray fabric! Added a back panel to this denim jacket and I'm loving it! #sewing

Latest #mending project. I tried #sashiko #embroidery for this one and loved the process and result. So excited that I'm wearing the pants today! #solarpunk

I’ll be offering my online carbon dust course and workshop this Fall for the Lyme Art Association. Learn the century old technique of carbon dust which combines drawing and ‘painting’ using a dry brush to apply layers of carbon dust to achieve realistic 3D illustrations. #SciArt

Some mending I've recently finished #mending #visiblemending #embroidery #solarpunk

With my upcoming departure from the University of Michigan, I've found myself deep in the job hunt process. Moving back to Canada from the U.S is certainly something I'm really looking forward too. If any 🇨🇦 labs (especially in Alberta) are searching for a µ-CT expert, please let me know!

Dimetrodon's Daydream #berensart2026 #paleoart

I forgot how nice it is to start off the day in the garden

Starting a new #mending project

Considering engaging in social media again after a long and much needed hiatus. It's been good to focus on people and groups I know IRL.

3. “In the self-evident truth that ‘all people are created equal,’ all means all. Nothing more. And certainly nothing less," she said.

Oh hi new followers! Welcome! I'd be curious to hear where you're all coming from. I'm not super active at the moment - focusing on IRL stuff for myself - but I'm around. I'm working on a project that is a little different from my norm, but I'll share it when it's more complete, so that's coming.

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Hello, internet! Things are bad for our trans & queer friends in the US, so I teamed up with bsky's nature artists to create this pack containing 80 wallpapers and growing. 1. Donate to one of the two orgs below 2. DM me your receipt 3. I'll give you a download link Valid til the end of the month

Lily is determined to get in the box

There are people who think they are strong because they close themselves off from empathy, when in reality they are afraid to be vulnerable and they are letting their fear win.

necromancer linen tunic 💀 available now!

I've been very much focusing on making things lately - it's been good for my mental health. Been sewing and #mending lately for a bit of something different. My current works in progress are some elbow patches on a chambray shirt and a dress I'm #upcycling to a duster/surcoat!

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

Playing around with water soluble PVA support for the first time! At this point I'm not wowed by it, but maybe I'll feel different once I clean all the supports off. #3Dprinting

I’ve been working with the NoCTURN team on developing the new Education & Training Resources 2.0 page – a hub of tutorials, videos, and peer-reviewed papers to help researchers understand the basics and intricacies of non-clinical CT data. #NoCTURN #microCT #tomography #NaturalSciences #morphology

Actually, the correct graphic that expands on the paper that @mjafreeman.bsky.social shared is this one :D

Since there’s finally been a proper migration of academia to bluesky, here’s a link to my most recent paper that’ll give you a sense of what I do. If you recently followed me and we were in touch on ‘twitter’ please say hi! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#Education resource! Over the years I created this collection of colored skull #3Dmodels for teaching. They're available to download on MorphoSource & to view on Sketchfab. Because of recent changes to Sketchfab, I migrated them to my website: www.graysvertebrateanatomy.com/work/colorso... (1/3)

1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.

@itgrrl.com Using clearsky, I saw I was on your solarpunk list. It made me so happy! I really vibe with solarpunk, but I'm still figuring out what that looks like - it's a bit nebulous. If solarpunk comes through in my content and art, then I consider that a win. Thank you!

This is part of who I am, I use X-ray tomography to study plant biology. This X-ray microscope scan shows a developing flower from a collard green, helping Antonio Brazelton to study collards in urban agriculture. Hoping to recapture my network from the other site!

It's done. Deactivated my Twitter.

Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change... "Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪

Some days you just need cute cat pics right?

Unveiling the unseen! My first art tabling event featuring microCT-inspired creations will be at Words & Wonders on November 9th. Join me at Second Unitarian Church for readings, performances, and visual art starting at 3pm. #ChicagoArt #SciFiArt #WitchyArt #DarkAcademia #MicroCT #STEMArt

Don't miss my CT-derived art debut at Words & Wonders! Join me Saturday, November 9th at 3pm at Second Unitarian Church. Be the first to own one of my unique anatomical pieces. 656 W. Barry Ave, Chicago, IL. #chicagoArtist #sciArt #bioArt #boneArt #oddities #witchy #skulls #skullArt

I’ll be selling my CT-derived, anatomically inspired art for the first time on Nov 9! Performance art at 3pm and visual art at 4. I’ll have stickers, #3Dprinted lucky rabbits feet and larger projects for sale. #supportartists #sciArt #spookyArt #bioArt #boneArt #oddities #witchy