Marriage of Art and Science

Robin Rowland, an Eckerd College art student, has collaborated with Claire Paris and Task 1 members to create a 3D sculpture of the Deepwater Horizon oil dispersion. Using dispersion models from Paris’ group, Rowland’s work – made entirely from test tube caps – shows the density and location of suspended oil in the northern Gulf. “She wants to be accurate,” Paris said, “she’s asking how many droplets there are at different depths, she wants our model outputs to represent her work.”