PlantTherapy: Rob Plattel's Modern Floral Sculptures

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This past week ATLA asked if dying flowers could be beautiful. It made me think of an artist's work I recently stumbled upon. Rob Plattel is a modern floral artist from the Netherlands, and his work is like nothing you might see at your local florist. On his website, which only gives you a tiny glimpse of his work, he has a series of photos that celebrate temporary beauty...

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Plattel enjoys working with 'natural materials that have a pronounced form and character', so it is no surprise that he can focus in on the beautiful colors and textures that emerge as a flower fades away. Speaking from a practical standpoint, the flowers above would be a mess on anyone's countertop. But they are exquisite in the photos.

You can visit his website HERE. His wood rings reminded me of Andy Goldsworthy, and the site overall left me wanting to see more of his floral designs. He also has recently published a book, Natural Rhythms. No reviews on Amazon, and they only have 2 copies left in stock. If anyone has had a chance to glance at it let us know if it's worth the purchase price.

matt at apartment therapy dot com

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Thank you, Matt, what a beautiful and original artist.

posted by Tatyana on January 19th 2008 at 8:44am
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i love the birch photos! amazing find!

posted by kQuade on January 19th 2008 at 8:54am
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You could plan a room's entire color palette around one of those photos.

posted by brittanykate on January 19th 2008 at 10:01am
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interesting....oddly compelling

posted by JonathanB on January 19th 2008 at 10:55am
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Thanks for sharing this, I really love his artwork.

posted by SFGail on January 19th 2008 at 12:13pm
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Lovely photos. wish I had that kind of talent

posted by poetryman69 on January 19th 2008 at 3:17pm
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Gorgeous! I love both types of his work -- almost opposite extremes of chaos and order.

posted by alinia on January 20th 2008 at 8:05pm
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Such unique and beautiful work of art...I love the ones that use flowers

http://anindiansummer-design.blogspot.com/

posted by AnIndianSummer on January 21st 2008 at 2:13am
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I have robs Natural Rhythms book and it is fantastic, i am doing a degree in floristry and so the book is very usefull, and at the rear of the book he lets you know the materials he used in his works. There are really good photographs in his book too and ill let you in to a sercret i bought it from thrive florsitry for £44 including pp.

posted by oocheza on February 19th 2009 at 8:56am
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