In this project it was important to move away from the traditional flower cliche. Still using the flowers, water, vase scenario I decided to blend the flowers in a nutri-bullet with some water, the ‘vase’ being a tea-cup, the results of which were ‘pretty’ but took it a step further and went for a more scientific aesthetic and used test tubes as the ‘vase’.
I printed these on acetate which enhanced the colour and was pertinent to the whole scientific aesthetic..
Playing about on Photoshop I created a flower out of the test tubes then continued to develop some further images.
To end; not moving entirely away from the cliche I decided to use the remainder of the flowers in a more traditional way. Well sort of, took them to a small waterfall and held each one in place with some debris caught in the down flow and used a slow shutter speed to capture the water flow. Printing these on Hahne Muller Fine Art Paper and being a little bit creative I soaked some paper in the remainder of the flower liquid, interleaving them with thin architect paper and the prints and had them wire bound into a book.
Voila, this was my studio and location flower project for the 2nd Semester Year 1.
Fiona Macphee 