Abstraction process – things to pick from
22 October 2019
- Temperate house – largest surviving Victorian Glasshouse
- Sun- warmth, light. Cage?
- Structural system
- Botanical garden – founded – 1840
- World Heritage site
- Aims – Botanical research and education
- Site started 1759
- Kew constabulary – police force
- Kew palace – previously royal country house – plants, animals, pets?
- Houses 90% of world’s known plant species
- venue for hire
- Arboretum -living library of trees
- essence – plant and fungal knowledge – tackle urgent challenges
- plant tourism – hop-on, hop-off; cameras, instagram
- contemporary botanical art – Shirley Sherwood collection
- Chihuly at kew – colour, transparency, expression of organic form, central nucleus/spine – prickly or spiral elements emanating from centre – linear or round; some abstract
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