Born in 1979 and having graduated in 2007 from the Utrecht school of The Art (NL), with a degree in 3D Product Design, Donkelaar had a passion for all things nature from an early age.

Her creative process begins with secondhand books and walks in the forest, meadows, and flower markets of Utrecht. “I don’t start with an idea in my head or a sketch on paper,” she admitted in an interview with Flower Magazine. “I follow the flowers and the colors I’m working with.”

Her finds, and therefore, her materials, might include a damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, and some strangely grown weeds. The pieces themselves lead her work, inspiring her compositions and themes. By protecting her finds under glass, Donkelaar hopes to inspire other people to make up their own stories about them, rather than dictating her message herself.

“I love a flower with really long legs,” she notes. “It makes it more elegant somehow, almost as if it’s flying. I strip away all the leaves and let the flower stand out, stand tall.” Under her hands, weeds become poetry, nature seems to float mid-air, and a discarded twig finds new meaning.

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This project is a brainchild of Seattle-based nature lover Bridget Beth Collins, who describes it as a product of her love affair with glittering nature, and her own artistic skills honed over the years.

Collins enjoys exploring the wildflower woodlands, and she finds most of the flowers used in her works of art during her adventures. She plucks them from meadows, woods, and sidewalks, and even has a small garden where she grows her own.

Flora Forager attracted over 200,000 Instagram followers, and it’s pretty easy to see what draws them to this page. It’s difficult to find another artist who arranges leaves and petals with as much love and attention to detail as Collins, and each of her works of art will make you fall in love with flowers all over again.

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Born in 1979 and having graduated in 2007 from the Utrecht school of The Art (NL), with a degree in 3D Product Design, Donkelaar had a passion for all things nature from an early age.

Her creative process begins with secondhand books and walks in the forest, meadows, and flower markets of Utrecht. “I don’t start with an idea in my head or a sketch on paper,” she admitted in an interview with Flower Magazine. “I follow the flowers and the colors I’m working with.”

Her finds, and therefore, her materials, might include a damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, and some strangely grown weeds. The pieces themselves lead her work, inspiring her compositions and themes. By protecting her finds under glass, Donkelaar hopes to inspire other people to make up their own stories about them, rather than dictating her message herself.

“I love a flower with really long legs,” she notes. “It makes it more elegant somehow, almost as if it’s flying. I strip away all the leaves and let the flower stand out, stand tall.” Under her hands, weeds become poetry, nature seems to float mid-air, and a discarded twig finds new meaning.

The post The Song of Flowers: Anne ten Donkelaar’s Art Blossoms appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

This project is a brainchild of Seattle-based nature lover Bridget Beth Collins, who describes it as a product of her love affair with glittering nature, and her own artistic skills honed over the years.

Collins enjoys exploring the wildflower woodlands, and she finds most of the flowers used in her works of art during her adventures. She plucks them from meadows, woods, and sidewalks, and even has a small garden where she grows her own.

Flora Forager attracted over 200,000 Instagram followers, and it’s pretty easy to see what draws them to this page. It’s difficult to find another artist who arranges leaves and petals with as much love and attention to detail as Collins, and each of her works of art will make you fall in love with flowers all over again.

The post Flora Forager Transforms Flowers into Botanical Works of Art appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.