We want to DIY some unique marker inspired artwork. The "DNA art" from companies online involves sending a DNA sample, and we have privacy concerns about that, and we'd rather not fork out thousands of dollars for DNA sequencing devices just for this. We can resort to a fingerprint for inspiration if there's nothing more interesting available and affordable to us, but we'd like to explore our options first.

The DNA sequence artworks they're talking about are ones like this, but it doesn't necessarily have to look anything like these:

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[–] [S] 7 points 11 months ago

gel electrophoresis

Thank you, this is the kind of answer we're looking for :)

why not just … make art that looks like this?

The value of this kind of art, to them, is that it represents something real and personal.

You could always submit DNA from a pet or something that wouldn’t be a privacy issue

Good idea!

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