Florascopic | Contemporary pressed botanical art by Sherin S.

A botanical art practice by Sherin Siew using pressed plant material as medium and subject.

Dryopteris filix-mas (Male fern)
— Sori formation

Papaver rhoeas (Common poppy)
— Foliar gradients

Corymbia eximia (Yellow Bloodwood)
— Lanceolate leaves

Florascopic is an invitation to slow down and look closely; to read a plant’s form, growth, and behaviour by means of composition.

Hydrangea macrophylla
— Sepal chromatics

Calocedrus decurrens (Incense cedar)
— Strobili density

Cotinus coggygria cf. 'Grace' (Smoke tree)
— Mineral venation

My works are situated at the intersection of art, design, and botany. I grow and gather plants—most satisfyingly those raised from seed in my garden—then preserve and translate them into structured compositions.

Inspired by flora as self-organising life forms shaped entirely by time and place, the work explores pattern as the visible logic of growth and invites observation as an ethical act.

If attention defines value, then learning to see plant life more clearly influences how we care for the systems that sustain us.