Flint Weisser, a soon-to-be Pratt minted MFA, created this series of beautiful drawings by capturing the complex interactions of magnetic fields.

Each piece consists of magnets bolted to steel plates and covered with a thin film of nickel particles sandwiched in plastic. The nickel particles act like iron filings to align themselves to the magnets' fields. Weisser created the two works above (1XREFDMG021008 and 1XREFDMGRLCYL) by distorting sheet-magnets' clean lines. His work makes the invisible electromagnetic world visible in glowing lines that look like the Moorish masterpieces at the Alhambra presented on an old IBM 5151 green screen.

Weisser is opening his studio to the public this weekend on Friday, April 25th from 6-10 pm, and on Saturday, April 26th from 2-6 pm. It's studio number 26 at Pratt Institute (200
Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY), in the Pratt Studios building.

Via the permanently awesome WMMNA. You can check out a couple more drawings, and details, after the jump.