Flower art
May 12, 2008 12:02 PM Subscribe
Oh, I love everything she does! Her paper sculptures are awesome too.
posted by birdie birdington at 12:16 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by birdie birdington at 12:16 PM on May 12, 2008
I love it when I unsuspectingly stumble across something that was created for the simple purpose of bringing happiness. Thanks.
posted by iamkimiam at 12:21 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by iamkimiam at 12:21 PM on May 12, 2008
Does no one else find those even the slightest bit creepy? Especially the one named Rossetta? It looks like it belongs in the movie MirrorMask.
Overall, worth looking at. But creepy.
posted by TrinaSelwyn at 12:28 PM on May 12, 2008
Overall, worth looking at. But creepy.
posted by TrinaSelwyn at 12:28 PM on May 12, 2008
That's really cool. But if I were a flower, I'd be totally creeped out seeing the guts and reproductive organs of other flowers mutilated and rearranged into artwork. Flower Mafia? Flower serial killer? I'm sure that right now there's a flower Morgan Freeman and a flower Brad Pitt working on the case.
posted by bstreep at 12:29 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by bstreep at 12:29 PM on May 12, 2008
a flower Morgan Freeman and a flower Brad Pitt working on the case.
I will pay cash money to see this movie.
posted by shakespeherian at 12:36 PM on May 12, 2008
I will pay cash money to see this movie.
posted by shakespeherian at 12:36 PM on May 12, 2008
I think she's insane. And I mean that in the best, most envious way possible.
posted by From Bklyn at 12:37 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by From Bklyn at 12:37 PM on May 12, 2008
Love her paper work.
Very nice, but is anyone doing something like this with rearranged pieces of hamster?
Not quite, but sort of.
posted by (alice) at 12:44 PM on May 12, 2008
Very nice, but is anyone doing something like this with rearranged pieces of hamster?
Not quite, but sort of.
posted by (alice) at 12:44 PM on May 12, 2008
Great stuff. Also -- her blog is fascinating. Very creative spirit -- and obviously a loving mother, wife and daughter.
posted by ericb at 12:46 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by ericb at 12:46 PM on May 12, 2008
Nice post, but I'm afraid I must protest your use of the word sublime. These flowers are very pretty, perhaps even beautiful. But this is sublime.
posted by leibniz at 1:03 PM on May 12, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by leibniz at 1:03 PM on May 12, 2008 [2 favorites]
Not quite, but sort of.
Oh, man. Oh... <swallows> oh, man. I really wanted the answer to that question to be an unqualified 'no'. Whew, that stuff is really uncomfortable-making.
posted by gurple at 1:04 PM on May 12, 2008
Oh, man. Oh... <swallows> oh, man. I really wanted the answer to that question to be an unqualified 'no'. Whew, that stuff is really uncomfortable-making.
posted by gurple at 1:04 PM on May 12, 2008
Lovely! Be sure and check out Andrew Goldsworthy as well -- not as refined but some of his stuff with flower petals and thorns are breathtaking ....
posted by MChristian at 1:08 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by MChristian at 1:08 PM on May 12, 2008
I too found these slightly creepy. Well done though.
posted by puke & cry at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by puke & cry at 1:13 PM on May 12, 2008
If she did this with veggies she would kill at county fair.
posted by srboisvert at 1:27 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by srboisvert at 1:27 PM on May 12, 2008
metafilter linking to blort has to be some kind of "don't cross the streams" kind of shit. unless you're killing gozer the gozarian, I suggest we all run.
posted by shmegegge at 1:29 PM on May 12, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by shmegegge at 1:29 PM on May 12, 2008 [2 favorites]
I'm hungry for fiddlehead ferns lightly sauteed and served with a splash of lemon and soy sauce now.
posted by fixedgear at 1:35 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by fixedgear at 1:35 PM on May 12, 2008
If she did this with veggies she would kill at county fair.
Well she's done fruit.
posted by ericb at 1:54 PM on May 12, 2008
Well she's done fruit.
posted by ericb at 1:54 PM on May 12, 2008
Very sweet!
posted by The Light Fantastic at 1:55 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by The Light Fantastic at 1:55 PM on May 12, 2008
I love it when I unsuspectingly stumble across something that was created for the simple purpose of bringing happiness. Thanks.
That's true, iamkimiam.
(But I have to say I'm relieved she also lists galleries that exhibit her work. I was getting a bit twitchy that she was just doing this as a happy hobby - because that's serious talent there!)
posted by Jody Tresidder at 2:23 PM on May 12, 2008
That's true, iamkimiam.
(But I have to say I'm relieved she also lists galleries that exhibit her work. I was getting a bit twitchy that she was just doing this as a happy hobby - because that's serious talent there!)
posted by Jody Tresidder at 2:23 PM on May 12, 2008
metafilter linking to blort has to be some kind of "don't cross the streams" kind of shit. unless you're killing gozer the gozarian, I suggest we all run.
I AM THE KEYMASTER. ARE YOU THE GATEKEEPER?
posted by loquacious at 2:47 PM on May 12, 2008
I AM THE KEYMASTER. ARE YOU THE GATEKEEPER?
posted by loquacious at 2:47 PM on May 12, 2008
I'm hungry for fiddlehead ferns lightly sauteed and served with a splash of lemon and soy sauce now.
Thank you, fixedgear, for solving a perplexing mystery for me. I've been wondering what the hell you can do to fiddlehead ferns so that they keep their awesome Lovecraftian looks but aren't quite so crazy bitter.
posted by gurple at 2:48 PM on May 12, 2008
Thank you, fixedgear, for solving a perplexing mystery for me. I've been wondering what the hell you can do to fiddlehead ferns so that they keep their awesome Lovecraftian looks but aren't quite so crazy bitter.
posted by gurple at 2:48 PM on May 12, 2008
I used to know a 7-year old girl in Portland who made little flower people. Hers weren't quite so intricate, but they were incredible, and this made me really miss her. Shout out to Ilana!
posted by nosila at 3:41 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by nosila at 3:41 PM on May 12, 2008 [1 favorite]
I thought these were beautiful. Not creepy at all, if you put in in context of when folks like us were growing up. Thanks for the eye candy!
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 4:14 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 4:14 PM on May 12, 2008
Absolute whimsy, and I love it. Btw, all of my favorite art has roots in the natural world.
posted by snsranch at 4:18 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by snsranch at 4:18 PM on May 12, 2008
This reminds me of a bunch of greeting cards I found amongst my grandfather's effects after he passed away... for some reason it was apparently a big thing in the late 19th/early 20th century to paint creatures that were made out of plant parts. They were usually dancing or bowing at eachother or something whimsically regal like that.
posted by miss lynnster at 4:33 PM on May 12, 2008
posted by miss lynnster at 4:33 PM on May 12, 2008
Thanks for posting this, mathowie. Elsita's work is both fresh (literally!) and creative. I spend some weekly time at Etsy marveling at just how many creative people there are in this world. Galleries and museums surely have their place, but for a real shot of "maybe I could be artistic too", there is nothing like taking a look at how many others have gone before, and at just how broadly 'artistic pursuits' can be defined.
We often get shoe-horned into seeing ourselves as the embodiment of the jobs we studied for or get paid to do. Nothing wrong with that, just so many more things out there to stimulate each of us into be more multi-faceted...and in so doing, becoming the well rounded human beings we were meant to be.
Nine-to-fivers and artistes of any sort have a lot to learn from each other.
posted by LiveLurker at 4:51 PM on May 12, 2008
We often get shoe-horned into seeing ourselves as the embodiment of the jobs we studied for or get paid to do. Nothing wrong with that, just so many more things out there to stimulate each of us into be more multi-faceted...and in so doing, becoming the well rounded human beings we were meant to be.
Nine-to-fivers and artistes of any sort have a lot to learn from each other.
posted by LiveLurker at 4:51 PM on May 12, 2008
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