Swiss Post introduced two interesting stamps featuring images of the "microscopic art". In this original issue Artist Martin Oeggerli explores unknown worlds and enables people to see things in ways they have never experienced before. The first item features a petal from the artist’s partner’s favourite rose. The second piece depicts the tiny pollen of the forget-me-not.
“Once I realized that it was in the same size range as bacteria, I was finally able to capture an image of the smallest pollen in the world,” explains the multi-award-winning artist.
Martin Oeggerli has a doctorate in molecular biology and uses a scanning electron microscope to capture subject matter such as pollen, fleas and invisible tiny leaf landscapes. He then transitions into his role as artist: with painstaking precision, he colours the black-and-white original photographs down to the finest detail. The results are precise, colourful and large-format depictions of an exotic and generally unknown microscopic world. His images are published in prestigious specialist magazines and exhibited internationally.
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