Flower Art
This project began as play:
submerging blooms in water, adding ink/paint and layering with textures. The results surprised me – Photographs that feel part painting, part dream.
This experiment was a challenge just to get the flowers to stay submerged in the water and not float up to the surface. Once I figured that out, I was on my way to creating art.
I was fascinated by the way the inks or paints interacted with the water and the flowers. It was like a slow dance of colour and beautiful unique shapes dancing and moving though the water. If that wasn’t fascinating enough, the way the ink or paint kissed the flower and glided gently down the petals, breath-taking. Then falling off in petal to once again dance into different shapes through the water.
Each drop of ink/paint was another interesting dance and a new piece of art. Never repeating the same results.
Once I captured the images, I thought, what if I add texture to the images! My thoughts were by adding textures, it would transform the flowers into something older. As though watch image carried its own hidden memory.
This project reminds me that experimentation frees us. Sometimes the most unexpected processes create the most meaningful results.
I hope this photo project inspires you to do some experimentation yourself. Whether it is photography related or not. Have fun!