Journal
Botanical Art & Craft
Exploring the colourful botanical world of Justine Beaussart, floral designer
Our first Botanical Conversation is with Justine Beaussart, floral designer and founder of Nebbia Studio. Her work stands out for its singular varieties, bold colours, and a free, generous style.
Discover her world, what fuels her creativity, and the Jardiniste pieces she is especially fond of.
Botanical cyanotypes: making your first prints
Invented in the 19th century, cyanotype allows the creation of white and blue images using natural light and the imprint of plants.
This accessible technique can be done at home with minimal equipment.
Agnès Arber: Drawing to understand plant forms
20th century British botanist Agnes Arber made drawing an essential tool for understanding plant forms.
His notebooks, studies and works demonstrate an approach attentive to plant structures and their interpretation.
Anna Atkins: cyanotype to document algae
In the 19th century, the English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins used cyanotype to accurately document British algae and became one of the first practitioners of photography on paper.
His work, combining scientific rigor and compositions in Prussian blue, brings this technique into the history of botany as much as into that of the image.