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4.6 The Artwork of MIMs
Though we consider many of the figures and schemes of MIMs in the primary
literature to be artwork in and of themselves, even more deliberate art has been
crafted on inspiration from MIMs for journal covers and graphical abstracts for
years, along with the occasional work of art for arts' sake. We close Sect.
4
with
a collection of commissioned art and cover art inspired by MIMs (Figs.
35
-
37
). We
are convinced that MIMs are indeed “a work of art”.
Fig. 35 MIM-inspired art that decorates the Stoddart Laboratory. The paintings are by artist,
Mike Thompson, and the Borromean Ring quilt (
bottom right
) was made by Kirsten E. Griffiths,
a former member of the Stoddart Group
