We've been known to dry out a bouquet of flowers as a memento from an event but this is our first sighting of a giant leaf (known as a gunnera) out on display...
Scott tells us that because the gunnera leaf is quite tough, it can handle wear and tear not to mention the elements of a humid bathroom are probably even helpful. By mixing up a hand painted frieze and an oversized, dried out leaf, the result is rustic charm. We've posted previously about incorporating larger than life furniture or artwork in a small room which helps out tight spots. The ginormous leaf acts as a focal point (so you don't notice the small size of the space).
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I'm not usually a fan of dust catcher, but I totally dig this.
I don't think I like this. Seems like a giant bug will crawl out from behind the giant leave any second.
I'm digging the frieze...
...the leaf - Meh.
I think it could be striking on a much larger white wall. It's too crammed into that space. It looks like a common 60s or 70s bathroom.
And that "frieze," I do believe, is an ordinary wallpaper border...or if not, it sure looks like one.
The bathroom looks kind of dirty. A bit too rustic for my taste.
At first glance, I thought it was a bundle of cured tobacco leaves.
I love this. Love it. I'm gonna get me a leaf.
it's scarey... and it makes the room look like a miniature
I agree. It's kinda scary. Not my cup of tea.
I love it. It is scary... but I love impressive things in nature, so its perfect!
Dead things are bad feng shui. But who cares about feng shui, this is awesome! :D
I, along with every other one of my friends, would be too tempted to touch it just a smidgen and it would gradually crumble away. Other than that I like it a lot! Not in this context especially... a bathroom..really? Couldn't it get moldy?
I would absolutely have nightmares if this was in my house - can you imagine the size of the spider that could hide under this thing? (:O
Awesome! Would be even more awesome in an acrylic shadowbox!
Hello all of you out there in bugland!
It's me, Scott, and that's my bathroom! There were no bugs! Gunnera is probably undesirable to many bugs and animals. It's like elephant hide -very rough. At the time this shot was taken (1994 or so) I was into that faded, mottled, deteriorated look in interior design.
Sally305, I seriously doubt you'd find a printed version of that frieze anywhere. There is after all a swastka in it! Still I didn't invent it. I copied it from some beautiful neoclassical interior (not Nazi!)
The apartment that goes with the (leaf) bathroom was in San Francisco's most unfashionable (and foggiest) neighborhoods. Still our place was stylish enough to have been published more times than I can remember. For more shots go to my website where I have a pdf version of a Casa Vogue article.
http://www.scottwatermanartist.com/images/casa_vogue_may95.pdf
I love it! Where can I get one?
I love it, but not in a bathroom, and the design caveat here is I really like steampunk, and this has that mad-scientist Victorian vibe.
creepy
I absolutely love it. Looks like a great big tobacco leaf or something similar.
Wow! Impressive!