New Work: 00015 – False Lily of the Valley

It’s Saturday and I’m still trying to get caught up with posting last weekend’s creations. Whew.
May I present to you… 00015 of Standard Movement Series.

00015 of Standard Movement – 5″ x 7″  – purchase print

I even think it’s the best piece I’ve made thus far.

Within this mint green frame are a variety of items, including pages from a vintage accountant workbook and pocket dictionary, an elementary report card dated 1953, a black & white class photograph. Something new this time around… I incorporated a lace tablecloth, cutting it into honeycomb shapes. I’ve been meaning to incorporate textiles for the longest time, and alas it finally has been done.

Within coffee rings, I drew a plant, False Lily of the Valley that I discovered while hiking near Indian Beach. Scientific name: Maianthemum dilatatum is an aggressive groundcover for moist shade, which was very apparent… I saw heart-shaped leaves & berries in the shadows everywhere on the hike. I read up a little bit on the berries… “they can be used as food, although they are not especially tasty. Other aboriginal uses of the plant include the treatment of cuts, sore eyes, internal injuries and sterility.”

In a future work I would like to illustrate the blooming stage of the star shaped flowers, pictured above. The stamens remind me of snails’ tentacles.

I have 00015 prints available in my Etsy shop for 16 dollars each. http://www.atealeaf.etsy.com
Each print will be signed, numbered (in a limited edition of 30), and shipped in a sturdy bendproof mailer.

Hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend!