' Dewey - Hagborg extracts DNA from material and transforms that into 3-D faces . Her project , ` ` DNA Visions , '' fashions the DNA into kinetic sculptures . ` ` From a cigarette butt , I can tell where someone 's ancestors likely came from ... '' she continues .
Heather Dewey-Hagborg extracts DNA from material and turns that into 3-D faces . Her project , `` Stranger Visions , '' fashions the DNA into portrait sculptures . `` From a cigarette butt , I can learn where someone 's ancestors likely came from ... '' she says .