Delphinium Spell

The artist extracted colours from delphiniums, leaving them pale and colourless. The distilled colour pigments were then conserved in transparent isomalt and displayed in laboratory glass vessels alongside the now-white plants.

For the works, the artist researched several old beliefs about plants. The flowers of Delphinium Spell, larkspurs, are familiar from many European protection spells. According to a medieval myth, delphiniums grew in the patches of grass where knights had wiped their swords after slaying a dragon. The dragon's blood and venom mixed to form a beautiful but poisonous flower.