Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Science Room

The science teacher at Miyanoura Junior High came back after two years of maternity leave and found that most of the bookshelves had been completely infested with termites. I suspect that it had been a little longer than two years but its still impressive what these little bugs had done regardless of the time it took them. The termites ate through over a hundred books and scientific journals.


The book bindings were the only thing that remained of the original paper. Taking off the bindings, we could see the vast interconnected sponge-like structure that the termites had created.


An old constellation and star globe.




Almost everything in the science room is so outdated that it's more reminiscent of a museum than anything else. Old chemicals that haven't been used for years line the shelves.


2 comments:

Tmokoのママ said...

屋久杉の老いた切株(きりかぶ)?
近いしょうらいの私の老いた姿(すがた)も
こんなになるのでしょう。

Anonymous said...

That is so amazing and your new title art is very nice.