Flickr Find: Scott's Giant Leaf as Decoration

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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(Image: Alan Weintraub via Scott Waterman)

Comments (21)

I'm not usually a fan of dust catcher, but I totally dig this.

posted by jacksonlalonde on May 15th 2009 at 6:34pm
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I don't think I like this. Seems like a giant bug will crawl out from behind the giant leave any second.

posted by souk1501 on May 15th 2009 at 6:49pm
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I'm digging the frieze...
...the leaf - Meh.

posted by bepsf on May 15th 2009 at 6:49pm
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I agree. This is way different then ten year old prom roses collecting dust in a corner. Very striking.

posted by stellato on May 15th 2009 at 6:51pm
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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.

posted by sally305 on May 15th 2009 at 7:16pm
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The bathroom looks kind of dirty. A bit too rustic for my taste.

posted by badjane on May 15th 2009 at 7:22pm
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At first glance, I thought it was a bundle of cured tobacco leaves.

posted by seraph on May 15th 2009 at 8:48pm
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I love this. Love it. I'm gonna get me a leaf.

posted by rosenatti on May 15th 2009 at 9:20pm
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it's scarey... and it makes the room look like a miniature

posted by sunan on May 15th 2009 at 9:30pm
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I agree. It's kinda scary. Not my cup of tea.

posted by Helmut on May 15th 2009 at 10:11pm
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I love it. It is scary... but I love impressive things in nature, so its perfect!

posted by Nolann on May 15th 2009 at 10:55pm
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Dead things are bad feng shui. But who cares about feng shui, this is awesome! :D

posted by cardboardbox on May 16th 2009 at 12:22am
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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?

posted by Cambra on May 16th 2009 at 1:30am
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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

posted by idontdobeige on May 16th 2009 at 5:25am
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Awesome! Would be even more awesome in an acrylic shadowbox!

posted by quiltmaster on May 16th 2009 at 9:44am
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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

posted by iamsww on May 16th 2009 at 5:10pm
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I love it! Where can I get one?

posted by FantasticMrFaux on May 16th 2009 at 9:46pm
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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.

posted by JosieDaisy on May 16th 2009 at 11:54pm
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creepy

posted by little flower on May 17th 2009 at 4:11am
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I absolutely love it. Looks like a great big tobacco leaf or something similar.

posted by baileyb on May 18th 2009 at 4:29pm
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Wow! Impressive!

posted by SillyBug on June 3rd 2009 at 3:28pm
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