Chris Kabel’s project Hidden Vase, for Spanish magazine The Plant Journal, started as a research on how to make a vase disappear. Based on the way a chicken waterer works, containers of different materials were turned upside down and placed over a surface that allows just a little of (...) Read More about Chris Kabel’s Hidden Vases (62 words)

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Brendan Fitzpatrick’s inner creative spirit is balanced by photography. Loving both, its stillness and dynamism, he still finds room to be surprised by this vast language after being a photographer for over twenty years. His series of floral studies using X-rays are just a proof of this delicate approach and the aim of experimenting he has since student.

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There is something very unique about these illustrations by Jenny Brown. At first glance you may assume you are looking at floral illustrations but looking at the work more closely you will discover that there is definitely conceptual depth. Inspired by the botanical drawings of Mary Delany (1700′s) and (...) Read More about Jenny Brown’s Art (20 words)

ILLUSTRATION | Permalink | One comment |

The other day I featured Lilly Marthe-Ebener’s childrenswear line but also worth bringing to your attention is her work as a fashion editor. In her abundant portfolios there are some great editorial and commercial still life campaigns but I absolutely had to share this one she did for Guerlain, (...) Read More about Lilly Marthe Ebener Floral Styling for Guerlain (29 words)

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Black on one side, colorful on the other side, from two-dimensional still life drawing into three-dimensional landscape in a sophisticated marriage of scale and color, Zadok Ben David‘s Blackfield installation is blanketing the main gallery floor with more than 12,000 petite steel cut plant sculptures arise out of a thin layer of sand. Perfectly rectangular, the (...) Read More about Zadok Ben David’s Blackfield Installation (177 words)

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Coming from a culinary background, Takaya Hanayuishi made the move from food to fauna in 2004, introducing a new style of hairdressing that incorporates freshly-cut flowers and vegetables. These days, his one-of-a-kind craftsmanship is being commissioned for weddings, live performances, and media companies.(...) Read More about Takaya Hanayuishi (76 words)

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What I like the most in this editorial is the floral arrangements by famous Scottish artist Jim Lambie. Known for his colorful floors and dripping paint installations, he painted these beautiful flowers over Andreas Larsson photographs for 10 Magazine Fall 2011 editorial.(...) Read More about Andreas Larsson for 10 Magazine Fall 2011 (5 words)

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Fresh Flowers by Itunube is a collection of 32 flowers printed on newsprint, one per page and per day of the month. The Spanish designer Sandra Bautista suggested the way of having the flowers on your table every day. She decided to catalog them and provided an alternative means of sending them by post - Everyday a different one, everyday a beautiful one!

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Flowers are indeed one of the most beautiful and complex structures found in nature, specifically designed to achieve the purpose of reproduction. This is “Exploded Flowers” series is the latest project of Chinese photographer Fong Qi Wei. Inspired partially by Todd McLellan’s Disassembly series, Qi Wei wanted to show the radial symmetry of flowers, and also individual floral components.

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