Flower Study
Lucy Newman
Flower study in the style of Audubon after nuclear meltdown is a series of handmade cotton duck canvas embroideries in which the natural context is intertwined with the technological element, generating distortions and anomalies.
The creation of the canvases is based on AI generation of future flowers that have undergone distortions and mutations as a result of millennia of exposure to pollutants after a nuclear explosion.
Placing his research in the wake of botanical scientist and illustrator J. Audubon, the artist imagines a desolate earthly scenario heavily affected by radiation, a dystopian future in which conventional tools to observe and document emerging new specimens are lacking. The traditional practice of watercolor and ink drawing is thus reinterpreted; instead, the artist adopts cotton threads.
The creation of the canvases is based on AI generation of future flowers that have undergone distortions and mutations as a result of millennia of exposure to pollutants after a nuclear explosion.
Placing his research in the wake of botanical scientist and illustrator J. Audubon, the artist imagines a desolate earthly scenario heavily affected by radiation, a dystopian future in which conventional tools to observe and document emerging new specimens are lacking. The traditional practice of watercolor and ink drawing is thus reinterpreted; instead, the artist adopts cotton threads.
Bio
Lucy Newman (1984) is an artist, designer, and embroiderer based in London, UK. Deeply inspired by her love of nature, texture, and colour, her works are focused on pushing the boundaries of embroidery art to elevate it to a fine art form.
Lucy Newman founded in 2017 LJN STUDIO, a custom hand embroidery studio.
Lucy Newman founded in 2017 LJN STUDIO, a custom hand embroidery studio.