Did you ever know that a flower, once withered and freshened again, became an immortal flower, —that is, that it rises again? I think resurrections here are sweeter, it may be, than the longer and lasting one—for you expect the one, and only hope for the other...
Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Abiah Root wr. c. May 1852
Botanical Ceramics: pressing flowers and leaves on Clay
Together with this photo we would like you to also be able to smell the scent that aromatic herbs release when we crush them under our fingers.
Sage, thyme, rosemary envelop us in a synesthesia of sensations, the leaves soft to the touch, pungent to the smell, perfect to look at.
The moment of imprinting the leaves and flowers on the soft clay is definitely our favorite of the whole long process that goes from the shapeless piece of clay to the finished product.
Every time it is magic to lift the plant and see that it has left its imprint behind it, its indelible mark.