Today’s post delves into the world of album cover art. Who misses handling vinyl? We do. Holding the disc, inner sleeve or album cover of your favourite band was a pleasure to behold. Digital music, while having its own irrefutable qualities, has removed the joy of this ritual. Covers are still produced for every record …
Graphic designer Christopher Dina series of colourful illustrations titled ‘Fruit’ cleverly show some of the diversity and wonder of these plant parts. The use of the scientific name as the title only adds to the allure, as who would not want to own an artwork called Vaccinium corymbosum, for example? They are much less detailed and …
Today’s post was inspired by watching the film Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus last night. A film released in July of last year in the US, but only last month in the UK. It’s a really enjoyable film and significantly one of the main stars is a plant. It got Plant Curator thinking about …
For the visitor a large community garden gives formal gardens a run for their money by soaring above the individualistic to create something bigger borne out of collective consciousness. The diversity of thought and purpose rather than design make each community garden a unique place to visit. None more so than those found in Vancouver, …
We are using Pinterest to feature an array of plant-inspired content. Boards include: Spring/Summer 2014 Graphic Floral Trends, Spring/Summer 2014 Romantic Floral Trends, Floral Accessories and Spring/Summer 2014 Menswear. Over the coming months we’ll be developing more boards for different plant art areas. Fashion collections have been put together by Lady Bonasera who writes: “Plant-inspired designs were rampant last year in …
A photogram is a cameraless image made by placing objects on or in front of light sensitive paper which is then exposed to a light source. The resulting image appears as a light silhouettes of the objects. Artist Allan Forsyth uses this technique to create some magical botanical artworks. These and more can currently be …
The Tree of Life, Stoclet Freize by Gustav Klimt was completed in 1909 Gustav Klimt (1862 – 1918) produced some rather desirable artworks. Two of his paintings appear in the top 20 most expensive paintings of all time (coming in at 6th and 19th respectively). His life can be summarised as follows – Austrian born, famous …
Plant Curator is here to show how the arts and artists constantly gain inspiration from plants. Another example is this short floral fashion film named “Fade Into You” by fashion photographer Pierre Debuscherre. He credits the haute couture work of celebrated Antwerp-based florist Mark Colle as his inspiration. The film is a visually striking floral …
The story goes that David Lachappelle, the highly successful 21st Century American photographer, turned his back on commercial work because of Madonna. Where her big and vocal demands when making the video for Hung Up made him, the then director, walk off set and into a Hawaiian nudist camp. Well, maybe that was a good …
Why take macro photography when you can take micro photography and achieve results like Eckhard Völcker? It might take a bit of practice, but by taking a super high magnified picture of your subject you open yourself up to a hidden world that even your macro lens stacked with extension tubes is never going to reach. …