Florilegium (frico): Brassica rapa, Gossypium hirsutum, Nicotiana tabacum
2012
Graphite on vellum
18” x 24”
Florilegium (frico): Brassica rapa, Gossypium hirsutum, Solanum lycopersicum, Zea mays
2012
Graphite on vellum
18” x 24”
Florilegium (frico): Brassica rapa, Gossypium hirsutum, Nicotiana tabacum, Zea mays
2012
Graphite on vellum
18” x 24”
Florilegium (frico): Brassica rapa, Glycine max, Gossypium hirsutum, Nicotiana tabacum, Zea mays
2012
Graphite on vellum
36” x 24”
Florilegium (frico): Glycine max, Gossypium hirsutum, Nicotiana sylvestris, Zea mays
2012
Graphite on vellum
18 x 24”
Florilegium: Brassica rapa, Glycine max, Gossypium hirsutum, Zea mays
2012
Graphite on vellum
36” x 24”
Florilegium (frico): Glycine max, Nicotiana sylvestris
2012
Graphite on vellum
24” x 18”
Artist Statement – Florilegium (frico)
This series of graphite rubbings entitled Florilegium (frico) evoke a technique often used in the scientific discipline of Paleobotany to record botanical fossil specimens. Frico is the Latin verb for “rub”. Like the botanical watercolour, it is another scientific method of recording the natural world.