Sunday, May 17, 2009

Botanical Prints

I'm not a very big fan of flower/botanical photography.

I do however, love love love botanical prints...

Like this one from Australian artist Margaret Saul:



Or these bautiful antique ones:








(Images via Openheimer Editions)

One of the most famous English botanists and botanical illustrators of the 18th centura was William Curtis, who left some beautiful prints such as this one:


(image viaArt.co.uk)


I wouldn't mind at all to collect these, and fill up a whole wall with them..oh what lovelies!

Scandinavian firm SKANDIUM have applied this idea to their latest line of textiles:



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