Flower Constructions by Anne ten Donkelaar
from top: Flower Construction #12 detail, Flower Construction #17, Flower Construction #16 detail
(all photos courtesy of Anne ten Donkelaar via designboom)
These intricate 3D flower constructions by Anne ten Donkelaar first caught my attention last year, but it's a perfect time to revisit them now that the Dutch artist's work is being featured in a new book. Paper Play, published by Sandu Cultural Media, focuses on paper as an art medium in its own right, and ten Donkelaar's combinations of pressed flowers and paper cutouts are a highlight.
In the artists' own words:
Imagine a big bang, a firework of flower seeds thrown into space. What would happen? New fragile flowers arise, new flower planets start evolving, planets where no one has ever been. These detailed landscapes seem to be elevated so you can walk through them. Weeds become poetry, each unique twig gets attention, nature seems to float.Flower constructions are 3d collages from pressed flowers and cut out flower pictures. Each element is meticulously placed on pins which creates the depth. Some of them are like a fantasy Herbaria, filled with dried flowers or branches, with irregular shapes and sophisticated twists and some refer to planets.
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