Klaus Kemp arranges microscopic organisms into intricate patterns

For 60 years, Klaus Kemp has been perfecting the once-forgotten art of diatom arranging. Using a microscope slide as a canvas, he shapes complex geometric patterns using diatoms – intricately beautiful microorganisms that are invisible to the nake
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