Video: Huts and skyscrapers in architectural bouquets by James Grashow
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
An incredibly beautiful landscape spreads out in front of the window of each of the amazing houses created by the American artist James Grashow. No girl would refuse to live in this, especially if she loves flowers and prefers delicate floral scents to any other fragrances. Unless the growth of a potential tenant should not exceed the growth of a standard Thumbelina, because all these unusual houses are paper sculptures, located in lush bouquets of various flowers. The artist uses the petals, stems and leaves of flowers as a support for future buildings. And the finished buildings, in turn, are designed and positioned so that they complement the overall composition in color and shape. Thus, residential quarters and mini-cities are hidden in bouquets in such a way that you cannot find it the first time. And only by looking closely, you can see how they flaunt in the very center of the flower arrangement or slide off the leaves and stems of plants.
As usual among artists who consider nature and its beauty as their main muse, the author's architectural bouquets demonstrate the indestructible connection between man and nature, and also makes one think about the role of man and his man-made masterpieces in the world around him. The artist's peculiar philosophy runs like a red thread through all his floral and architectural creations, but soon you stop thinking about it, completely immersed in the study of city landscapes against the background of flower petals.
These and other works of the author can be seen on his website.
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