For many people trying to keep a manicured lawn, dandelions are a spring and summer annoyance. But although they may not be delightful when they pop up all over your property, I think I can make a case for bringing them indoors based on this jaw-dropping installation by German artist Regine Ramseier for ArToll Summer Lab 2011.
Ramseier picked and transported nearly 2,000 dandelions from a field for the project. And just how did she get “the wishies” — my childhood name for the seed heads, as we used to make wishes on them and blow, like candles on a birthday cake — to stay intact, you wonder? A little spray adhesive and some special palettes with holes in them. (These pictures of the process are almost as cool as the finished product itself.) It’s so dreamy, I wish someone would manufacture a giant dandelion-like canopy so I could mimic the installation at home. But don’t worry, I won’t wish on one of those wishies.
[Via: The Jealous Curator]
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This is amazing! I love dandelions despite their lawn-invading qualities. I feel like if this was in my home, I would constantly be gazing up at it from the floor.
I love this! Nice art. They are great greens that detox your liver. I grow them in a growing box for the greens and replant the seeds. I also know someone who made dandelion wine.
Wow – this is absolutely amazing to look at. Who can't help but be brought back to their childhood when they see dandelions???
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That is amazing!
I could so see myself getting obsessed and doing this. I love dandelions
Are there any kids that DON'T like dandelions? Just grownups I think.
Godness it's look like a meadow house. Nice creation<3 http://room-ideas.co.uk
@willgarden4food, my Grandfather used to make dandelion wine, too!!
don't turn on a fan in that hallway…
How would you ever keep this clean?