To begin with, I chose a picture of a ‘cosmic ray pinball machine’ and to partner it, a picture of a ‘rat nerve cell.’ The pictures show contrasting colours. I based my art on the rat nerve cell. I drew it onto a piece of card, exaggerating the little details, and then cut out parts. I decorated my card using tissue paper in a series of techniques, including twisting. My card was then stuck onto another card with once again contrasting colours...

Casseopeia (Cass-ee-o-pee-ya) is a constellation next to the Plough and Orion named after the mythological Queen of Ethiopia. Shaped as a neat W or M, formed by five bright stars, it is also home to the youngest exploded star - Casseopeia A.

For research purposes cells are often frozen so they can be more easily studied than in live animals. These white blood cells from a mouse were taken from a special organ called the thymus, where blood cells grow up. Here scientists are looking at a particular gene (shown in pink) that helps white blood cells to fight infection.

My work is based on a microscopic image of a “mouse white blood cells”, they are used to fight infection and diseases. I paired it with the map of the universe. They both use shades of green, blue, yellow and they both have a black background which is effective as it makes the colours stand out. I cut out the main shapes of the white blood cells and used different methods to apply the tissue paper; twisted, scrunched, flat...

What does a cow look like before it is born? The tiny ball of cells pictured here (the embryo) show no signs of their future form. The blue spheres are nuclei (containing DNA) inside cells. Red marks are tags on DNA that keep genes quiet until they are needed for development. The core of the embryo here seems to have more silent genes.

My work is influenced by the embryo of a cow. The embryo will grow into a foetus which will soon be a calf. I paired my image of two stellar explosions. They are similar as they both use the colours: blues, pinks and purples. For my work I cut out nuclei of the embryo and covered my card with purple and blue tissue paper. I then twisted blue tissue paper to make each nucleus stand out...

I chose to produce an artistic creation of a cat’s eye nebula. The picture reflects a number of green shades as well as spots of yellow, orange and blue. During my creation, I went through a number of processes. These include cutting cardboard, twisting tissue paper and painting a shady red background. The partner of my picture is ‘Map of the universe’; I saw a resemblance between the 2 because of the colours of green, yellow and blue...

Seldom is death so beautiful than in outer space. At the core of this magnificent halo is a dying sun-like star, ten thousand times as luminous as our Sun. The outer halo looking like a splash of paint is not a feature of all nebulae. A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust where stars emerge or die.

How were you conceived? Each one of us is the result of a single event, the meeting of male and female sex cells. Fertilisation occurs when the DNA in both egg and sperm comes together, but this doesn’t form a single nucleus. The nucleus of each parental cell is clearly visible in this microscopic image.

Planet Rainbowsea contains a colourful mix of blue, yellow, red and purple. There are thousands of cells on this planet. This is a planet of fertilisation there are embryos on the surface. This is one of two planets, this is the female planet, and the other is male.