Based in Sydney, Joyce grew up in a small coastal town and is inspired by nature and plants. Incidentally, house plants are also a common motif throughout her work. “I love nature and plants,” she exclaimed in an interview with Goat Story, “they always feature heavily in my illustrations.” Aside from nature, Joyce is also inspired by people, “watching and being around family and friends and listening to their stories and experiences.”

Much like the unorganized, happily chaotic, interiors shown in her paintings, Joyce’s creative process is organic, and changes from piece to piece. “There’s never any one way that I approach work, I’m not an organised person so it doesn’t make sense for me to take an organised approach,” she explains. “Sometimes I’ll come up with an idea on the bus and I’ll scribble it down or it could be in the middle of the night when I get up and I’ll have to stay up the rest of the night trying to bring it to life.”

According to Joyce, the one constant is that she does a lot of rough sketches beforehand. “I’m not afraid for the start of an idea to look ugly, although I am always envious of illustrators whose roughs are neat and beautiful and clean,” she admits. “Most of the time mine look like I’ve done them with my left hand whilst blindfolded! Then I like to blast some ‘Salt-N-Pepa’ and get my painting on!”

Her work is a happy mixture of mediums, with the end result scanned and finished up digitally. “I just like to draw things that I want to see or that I find nice and interesting and that make me happy,” Joyce sums it up. Show her some love on Instagram.

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And so, the freshly pressed project was born: an incredible collection of wildflower specimens which Buck shares on her website and Instagram page. In 2019, Buck brought the freshly pressed project back with her to Minnesota, where she continues to collect, press, and add to her herbarium collection. “It has been an adventure in rediscovering the species from my childhood, which I now view with a new appreciation,” she writes.

“The freshly pressed blog is my way of connecting with others and hopefully inspiring them to further explore the melding of art and nature,” she adds. Having pursued degrees in biology, fine arts, and environmental studies, Buck is fascinated by botanical history – how we as humans have applied meaning and value to different plant species as a way to connect to our surroundings and how we can tap into this history as a motivation to preserve and protect our biodiversity nowadays.

“I believe that designers and scientists can both benefit from exploring across fields,” she says, “my blog brings various projects and musings to press to motivate both professions (as well as those of us who fall in the middle) to approach their work with a fresh perspective and renewed sense of wonder.”

Her website also includes a short guide on how to collect and press flowers. “Plants are easiest to identify when flowering and press best when they have fresh blooms,” she explains. “Keep an eye out for plants that are close to blooming, and collect a sample as soon as the flowers open.”

Follow her Instagram page for more:

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This time he takes his craft to a more innovative arrangement. In his ongoing Natura series, the artist goes white in his floral creations as he dedicate this to his stepfather who just passed away.

In the series, he uses flower petals, stems and leaves to form tigers, owls, beetles and butterflies, taking advantage of the natural shapes of his raw materials to create these lively illustrations.

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Based in Sydney, Joyce grew up in a small coastal town and is inspired by nature and plants. Incidentally, house plants are also a common motif throughout her work. “I love nature and plants,” she exclaimed in an interview with Goat Story, “they always feature heavily in my illustrations.” Aside from nature, Joyce is also inspired by people, “watching and being around family and friends and listening to their stories and experiences.”

Much like the unorganized, happily chaotic, interiors shown in her paintings, Joyce’s creative process is organic, and changes from piece to piece. “There’s never any one way that I approach work, I’m not an organised person so it doesn’t make sense for me to take an organised approach,” she explains. “Sometimes I’ll come up with an idea on the bus and I’ll scribble it down or it could be in the middle of the night when I get up and I’ll have to stay up the rest of the night trying to bring it to life.”

According to Joyce, the one constant is that she does a lot of rough sketches beforehand. “I’m not afraid for the start of an idea to look ugly, although I am always envious of illustrators whose roughs are neat and beautiful and clean,” she admits. “Most of the time mine look like I’ve done them with my left hand whilst blindfolded! Then I like to blast some ‘Salt-N-Pepa’ and get my painting on!”

Her work is a happy mixture of mediums, with the end result scanned and finished up digitally. “I just like to draw things that I want to see or that I find nice and interesting and that make me happy,” Joyce sums it up. Show her some love on Instagram.

The post Chloe Joyce’s Illustrations Will Encourage You to Stay Home appeared first on MyTrendTales.

And so, the freshly pressed project was born: an incredible collection of wildflower specimens which Buck shares on her website and Instagram page. In 2019, Buck brought the freshly pressed project back with her to Minnesota, where she continues to collect, press, and add to her herbarium collection. “It has been an adventure in rediscovering the species from my childhood, which I now view with a new appreciation,” she writes.

“The freshly pressed blog is my way of connecting with others and hopefully inspiring them to further explore the melding of art and nature,” she adds. Having pursued degrees in biology, fine arts, and environmental studies, Buck is fascinated by botanical history – how we as humans have applied meaning and value to different plant species as a way to connect to our surroundings and how we can tap into this history as a motivation to preserve and protect our biodiversity nowadays.

“I believe that designers and scientists can both benefit from exploring across fields,” she says, “my blog brings various projects and musings to press to motivate both professions (as well as those of us who fall in the middle) to approach their work with a fresh perspective and renewed sense of wonder.”

Her website also includes a short guide on how to collect and press flowers. “Plants are easiest to identify when flowering and press best when they have fresh blooms,” she explains. “Keep an eye out for plants that are close to blooming, and collect a sample as soon as the flowers open.”

Follow her Instagram page for more:

The post Lindsay Buck Catalogues Wildflower Specimens appeared first on MyTrendTales.

This time he takes his craft to a more innovative arrangement. In his ongoing Natura series, the artist goes white in his floral creations as he dedicate this to his stepfather who just passed away.

In the series, he uses flower petals, stems and leaves to form tigers, owls, beetles and butterflies, taking advantage of the natural shapes of his raw materials to create these lively illustrations.

The post Artist Uses Plants and Flowers To Create Animal and Insect Sculptures appeared first on MyTrendTales.