Chorus of Winter Buds

This is a really sweet book that shows the winter buds of plants that look strangely human: Chorus of Winter buds.

This book is very reminiscent of Karl Blossfeldt's photos from Urformen der Kunst, only with poetry and a humorous slant.

I first heard about Karl Blossfeldt while taking a drawing class with my daughter and several other grade-school children.  What fun that class was to see how kids draw.








Where to find out more about Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932):

• Soulcatcher Studio presents the entire portfolio from Urformen der Kunst.



From the Whitechapel Gallery
website for Blossfeldt exhibition.

• Whitechapel Gallery had an exhibition this year (2013). According to them Karl Blossfeldt created his own cameras to magnify the plant details.  His book was published in 1928, Urformen der Kunst (Art Forms in Nature).