Flower power: Woman creates elaborate works of art only using plants
Sometimes the most beautiful works of art come straight from Mother Nature.
Chicago-based mother-daughter duo Vicki and Brooke Rawlins run Sister Golden, an online boutique that celebrates the wonders of the natural world. They sell handcrafted greeting cards, pillows and other accessories, but it's the impressive flower prints that really caught our eye.
According to Vicki's recent blog post for Bored Panda, the prints feature "nothing taped, nothing glued, just Mother Nature balancing delicately on itself."
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Vicki describes the process of creating the art pieces as "therapeutic" and spends "lots of time outside walking and foraging, truly in the moment."
Vicki turns to nature to supply her with flowers, leaves, sticks and succulents. "A fallen leaf goes into the bag, later it may become an eyebrow or dog ear," she wrote. "I pick up thin twigs, hoping they’ll work as a cheekbone or chin. The possibilities seem endless!"
Vicki described the process of creating each masterpiece as an intricate one. "Careful not to sneeze, I use my tweezers to place the white petal of a German Statice as the finishing highlight in the eye. There’s a freedom in knowing everything I’m doing is temporary," she wrote.
"After I finish the piece, I document it with a photograph, being very careful not to bump the table and Mother Nature’s house of cards. The last step is to recycle it all back into the earth or into my next piece."
The different natural materials provide an astounding variety of texture, color and dimension to the paper. "It's my way of paying respect to Mother Nature in a sustainable way," the artist shared.
Vicki also encourages people to try her innovative techniques at home. "Forage your neighborhood for fallen bits or do some snipping from your own garden, find a flat surface, and see where it takes you!" she wrote.
Vicki's flower prints are available for purchase on the Sister Golden website from $20 to $38. To see more amazing artwork, follow them on Instagram.
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Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.
