Using rubber stamps of the first ten elements designed by the artist, this print series features hydrogen through neon in the periodic table ready to make all the possible single bonds for each element. In the first of the series, we see a window into the big bang, with electron arrows and proton plus signs finding each other during the process of creating the first hydrogens. While there are other particles involved in the creation of atoms, these are not individually represented. Rather, a bright collection of glows, streaks and squiggles represent the energy and variety of matter present at this birthday of the elements.

The design of the rubber stamps was done with the approval of Professor Robert Stroud of the University of California at San Francisco. Many philosophical discussions around the personality of the elements and their chemical properties helped to shape their final outcome. You can see more about the stamps on the Electronimoes website, also by Julie Newdoll.

Chain of Life, 23" x 30", 2013. Inks, watercolor, relief print made from rubber stamps by the artist. $800. Prints available $450.

A chain of "carbon double bonded to oxygen--carbon--nitrogen" forms the backbone of all of our proteins. Onto the central carbon of each piece of the chain is attached a sidechain, represented here by flowers. The arrangement of flowers along this chain dictates what this protein will do in the body, and how it will fold up into the particular bouquet unique to this particular protein.

Helium, 23" x 30", 2013. Inks, watercolor, relief print made from rubber stamps by the artist. $800. Prints available $450.

Helium, that familiar gas in our floating balloons. We are currently facing a helium shortage!

Boron, 23" x 30", 2013. Inks, watercolor, relief print made from rubber stamps by the artist. $800. Prints available $450.

The element Boron, number five in the periodic table, can form cages in a repeating pattern as a pure element.

Neon, 23" x 30", 2013. Inks, watercolor, relief print made from rubber stamps by the artist. $800. Prints available $450.

Element number 10, neon, glows when one of the electrons in the outer shell, having been excited into jumping up to the next shell, finally returns to the orbital it usually occupies.