Blue and Gold Botanics

Each piece is an original botanical cyanotype, created using natural material Sophie has grown or collected in Derbyshire. She is trained in horticulture and plant science, and so the work grows out of a detailed exploration of the botanical features of the plants. She uses metallic gold gilding paint to highlight the form of the plants. The work produced follows three main themes. The first is a modern take of the traditional herbarium-style of the 1800’s, the second examines the form of the plants and the patterns these create, and the third are ecologically-informed landscapes.