Pressed tulip #2 peony printFrom my ongoing Memento Flores series. Flower pressing is the ancient art of preserving flowers and other botanicals between two flat surfaces until they dry. I like to think of flower pressing as a precursor to the invention of photography. The process allows us, without a camera, to capture the fleeting beauty of flowers in perpetuity. 3000 year old dried flowers have been discovered in the Egyptian pyramids. When dried flowers are photographed and
in its centre
My fascination when photographing flowers is observing the amazing detail within natures design
roots and seeds have been reputed to have medicinal properties and legend has it that the peony
They are highly intelligent and enjoy being the centre of attention
these tulips were grown from bulbs imported from Holland
a famous Swedish botanist
Desperate to win his love
Our physical world is in a constant state of flux
their bite is venomous but not deadly to humans
The Gladiolus flower signifies infatuation
so wherever they go they must travel together
and in the New Testament