Attempting to see what we usually only think about abstractly.
The following is a combination of colored pencil drawings and computer drawings.
Every dot represents the number 1.
One of my drawings is on a NASA Pace-1 satellite, currently orbiting Earth.
3,125
5^5
19,683
3^9
1,296
6^4
16,807
7^5
4,096
8^4
81
56
262,144
8^6
4,096
4^6
256
1,024
2^10
Every hair on a human head: 117,649 hairs
Every dot is a photo of hair under a microscope. Image is printed on metal 40" by 40"
Hair on Human Head close up
detail of the images of hair
Hair on Human Head close up
detail of the images of hair
3^3
3^2
3^1