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Encrusting Flora With Stabilised Crystals
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Encrusting Flora With Stabilised Crystals

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I specialise in botanical sculpture, often encapsulating or suspending my living works. I explore the ephemeral, natural change and preservation allowing my work to evolve as nature takes its course offering the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. Alongside my personal artistic practice, I established Botanique in 2013. Botanique creates bespoke installations with the ethos of elevating plants to works of art.

In these new photographic and sculptural pieces, I investigate the relationship between two natural elements, juxtaposing the organic and the inorganic qualities of plants and minerals, respectively, resulting in the great aesthetic beauty that nature delivers. The association of the seemingly stabilised crystals and the breakdown of the plant as it decays towards death, evokes the relationship that exists often in nature between parasite and host, begging a comparison of the parasitic association we hold with our own world.

In the sculptural pieces, the physical plants are held, suspended, in space but not in time, showing directly the consuming effects of the crystals in relation to their fragile host. Despite the seemingly opposing structural changes, both the plants and crystals move, gradually, towards a decline in order.

The photos in this series were shot in collaboration with Tal Silverman.

More info: botanique-boutique.com

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    Phillipe Knippel
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a biologist and specialise in Environmental and Sustainable Development, i love arts too and would like to say that your is marvelous. Its f****n awesome. Keep it up and hugs from Rio!

    Yvonne Bernal
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your work is different and unique. It reminds me of a museum piece meets Tiffany's mixed with an almost edible element. I'm speechless (for once).

    Steven Vera
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man. I want one. I want a rose in the glass case. I'm reminded of Beauty and the Beast with the ones encased. So so beautiful.

    Adriana Alzahrani
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it must be a secret, but I can help to ask: how do you get the flowers so stable to carry the crystal weight?

    Elisn Klein
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks so very dark and impressive. Universe meets the Earth. Sort of reminded me of Bowie's Blackstar music video, the skull with crystals on it. Things that connote decay with elements that are beautiful and vane.. Wonderful work!

    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Pamela, The limited edition prints and sculptures are available through my website www.botanique-boutique.com. xx

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    Chris Moon
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the detail. This is one of my favourite pieces on here. Such marvellous colours and unusually shaped crystals. Great website too Botanique-boutique.com Congratulations, great stuff.

    Emilia Zhe Awesome
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I watch all the people being creative and making beautiful things. And now look at me. Staying home, watching YouTube and anime, drawing another s****y fanarts and OCs without future. Kinda sad. Your work is beautiful. I'm speechless. Those are the most gorgeous things I've seen in my life.

    felipe calderon
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you killed the plant? where are the PETP? (people for the ethical treatment of plants)

    Phillipe Knippel
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a biologist and specialise in Environmental and Sustainable Development, i love arts too and would like to say that your is marvelous. Its f****n awesome. Keep it up and hugs from Rio!

    Yvonne Bernal
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your work is different and unique. It reminds me of a museum piece meets Tiffany's mixed with an almost edible element. I'm speechless (for once).

    Steven Vera
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man. I want one. I want a rose in the glass case. I'm reminded of Beauty and the Beast with the ones encased. So so beautiful.

    Adriana Alzahrani
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it must be a secret, but I can help to ask: how do you get the flowers so stable to carry the crystal weight?

    Elisn Klein
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks so very dark and impressive. Universe meets the Earth. Sort of reminded me of Bowie's Blackstar music video, the skull with crystals on it. Things that connote decay with elements that are beautiful and vane.. Wonderful work!

    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Pamela, The limited edition prints and sculptures are available through my website www.botanique-boutique.com. xx

    Load More Replies...
    Chris Moon
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the detail. This is one of my favourite pieces on here. Such marvellous colours and unusually shaped crystals. Great website too Botanique-boutique.com Congratulations, great stuff.

    Emilia Zhe Awesome
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I watch all the people being creative and making beautiful things. And now look at me. Staying home, watching YouTube and anime, drawing another s****y fanarts and OCs without future. Kinda sad. Your work is beautiful. I'm speechless. Those are the most gorgeous things I've seen in my life.

    felipe calderon
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you killed the plant? where are the PETP? (people for the ethical treatment of plants)

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