Green Slip Still

This still life image of a slip trail pottery vase made in the Middle East was a perfect vessel for this Queen Anne's Lace flower. The colors and... more

by Jill Love

Title

Green Slip Still

Artist

Jill Love

Medium

Photograph - Photographic Art

Description

This still life image of a slip trail pottery vase made in the Middle East was a perfect vessel for this Queen Anne's Lace flower. The colors and shapes mimic each other perfectly. And what an interesting juxtaposition at the same time of something from the Middle East nestled with a common weed found along the roadside in the United States!

I walked by and immediately stopped and was immersed with the beauty of the mimicking, the hard and rough texture of the vase against the soft, gentle texture of the flower. Queen Anne's Lace is this miraculous network of tiny flowers in clusters within larger clusters that come together to create one large cluster.

This flower, a common weed albeit beautiful, is named after Henry the VIII's wife, Anne Boleyn because of the red center that usually appears in every flower. The center itself is also a tiny red flower. As the story goes, the red in the middle represents Anne losing her head and, as she always wore lace collars, the lace surrounds the red center. Sort of sad but true. :)

This work is copyright protected by Jill Love for J. Love Photography. All work can be seen at jill-love.pixels.com.

This image has been featured in the following FAA groups:

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August 2nd, 2018