Flickr Find: Amona's Affordable Art Installation

Now that we're transitioning into longer days, our houses are clean and we're free to spend lots of time in the outdoors, we might be tempted to bring some of nature inside. Seeing Amona's temporary collage totally inspired us:

On a walk outside she gathered up these bits of pieces of the outdoors and assembled them on a wall to create a beautiful temporary installation. A bit like adding fresh flowers to our home, bringing in things we find to be beautiful from our journeys out of the house can add life to a room. It's also a nice reminder of nature's abundance.

(Image: Amona licensed for use under Creative Commons)

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a bit "crafty" for me but nice. Has anyone done anything with Vitra's Algue? It's pretty cool and I'd love to see some images of what people have done in their homes with it.

see it here:

http://www.nest-living.com/products/algue-by-vitra

posted by thetroll on May 28th 2009 at 4:21pm
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So the leaves are just stuck to the wall? With what? Do they stay fresh or dry up? I'm not getting the appeal.

posted by FantasticMrFaux on May 28th 2009 at 4:22pm
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I agree it's a bit crafty, but isn't everything these days? It's a lovely arrangement.

Oh, and to second thetroll, I'd like to see real-life Algue pix, too. Anyone? Bueller?

posted by rosenatti on May 28th 2009 at 5:35pm
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Algue looks entertaining, but I don't have a spot for it (them?) at the moment. If I did, I'd love to try them out!

The display above doesn't make it for me. I don't care for the arrangement and I certainly don't like the idea of wall art that needs to be taken down the next day as things wilt and maybe even mold... If the items were dried and included things like seed pods and other architectural nature forms, so it were more stable and could stay up longer, it would be more interesting for me.

While I can understand and appreciate the aesthetic of the Japanese tokonoma, with seasonal scrolls and ephemeral ikebana flower arrangements, pragmatically I can't live with things intended to be so ephemeral. Obviously your mileage may vary.

posted by SherryBinNH on May 28th 2009 at 6:52pm
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I agree with the posters who wondered what do you do with it after it dries, curls and dies....possibly by the following day.

posted by baileyb on May 28th 2009 at 7:16pm
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