Macoto Murayama's Flower Blueprints

Japanese artist Macoto Murayama's  “Inorganic Flora” project brings architecture and scientific illustration together. He dissects  sweetpeas , Asiatic dayflowers, and sulfur cosmos  and others. He removes the petals, anther, stigma and ovaries with a scalpel. He studies the separate parts of the flower under a magnifying glass and then sketches and photographs them. The resulting illustrations resemble architectural blueprints.

A front view of Lathyrus odoratus L. 2009-2012. By Macoto Murayama.
 Image courtesy of Frantic Gallery.

A side view of Lathyrus odoratus L. 2009-2012. By Macoto Murayama.
Image courtesy of Frantic Gallery.

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