nybg:

Now Blooming: Out of Sync

10,000 daffodils are “in bloom” across the courtyard of Somerset House in Britain. But even at a glance, their petals are more in line with the walls of the 18th-century architecture encompassing them than the gardens of the U.K. It’s nothing you’d expect to see in the average spring display.

Each flower is the hand-crafted product of artist Fernando Casasempere’s creative take on environmental uncertainty, the pattern of the seasons, and the fragility of nature. Using native Chilean clay from his home country, along with various industrial byproducts such as rebar scraps, the installation stands in apt (if dramatic) contrast to the cheerful yellow and white daffodils we see around the Garden.

I do love industrial art; I suppose it would be an experience to wander in a field of the natural so far removed from what we know. —MN

(Image source: Leader Post)

staceythinx:

Kari Herer’s mixed media art can sometimes look like botanical illustrations caught between dimensions. Her work is available for purchase in her Etsy store.

That’s Magnolia stellata, in case you were wondering. 

mary-anncummings:

Handmade replicas of fruit using plasticine, wire and oil paint

WOW. I would’ve eaten it.

staceythinx:

The Chrysanthemum Centrepiece by Michaella Janse van Vuuren is remarkable in more ways than one. For starters, it’s reversible.

About the piece:

The Chrysanthemum centrepiece is a reversible design that can function as either a bowl or a candle holder, depending on which side of the design faces upwards.

The centrepiece reflects my passion for the textures, shapes and patterns found in nature. I especially like to interpret those objects that have a repetitive mathematically founded pattern. Some objects are immediately recognisable, such as the Chrysanthemum, others are more abstract. Direct 3-dimensional manufacturing methods, such as selective laser sintering (SLS) used to create the Chrysanthemum allows me to design intricate textures and objects. These textures and objects would have been impossible to execute by hand, yet the centrepiece still retains the beauty and tactile feeling of a natural object.