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
Florascopic is an invitation to slow down and look closely; to discover new ways of seeing the beauty and science of the botanical world.
Corymbia eximia (Yellow Bloodwood)
— Lanceolate leaves
Hydrangea macrophylla
— Sepal chromatics
Every plant holds colours, structures, and patterns shaped by evolution, environment, and human intervention. By deconstructing and recomposing plant material into geometric arrangements designed for human eyes, Florascopic reveals the extraordinary in the familiar.
Calocedrus decurrens (Incense cedar)
— Strobili density
Cotinus coggygria cf. 'Grace' (Smoke tree)
— Mineral venation
My work sits at the intersection of art, design, and botany. I grow and gather plants—most satisfyingly those raised from seed in my garden—selecting them at moments of peak form, then preserving and composing them through careful arrangement to bring their features into focus.
Inspired by flora as self-organising life forms shaped entirely by time and place, the work reveals pattern as the visible logic of growth and invites close 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.
S E L E C T E D W O R K S
Scope No. 3:
Hydrangea Drift
Scope No. 2:
Erysimum Embers I
Scope No. 8:
Delphinium Frost
Scope No. 9:
Dahlia Flare
Scope No. 7:
Eremurus Cymbal
Scope No. 5:
Primrose Ripples
Scope No. 6:
Erysimum Embers II
Scope No. 1:
Sol Rose
Scope No. 4:
Sweetness Rose
Grid No. 2:
Brassica Forest
Grid No. 3:
Sunflower ‘Claret’ F1 Hybrid
Grid No. 1:
Hellebore Cores
Portrait of place:
Burlish Top Nature Reserve, Wyre Forest — Spring
Portrait of place:
Sandhills, Oxford — Spring, Dawn
Past exhibitions
Pressed Impressions — Solo Exhibition
18 APR - 10 MAY 2026 | Wyre Forest Gallery, Bewdley Museum
The debut exhibition by Sherin Siew, ‘Pressed Impressions’ explores the aesthetic and scientific intricacies of plants, inviting viewers to look closer and recognise beauty not only in appearance, but in the underlying logic of living form.
Scientific perspectives by Dr Radhika Desikan accompany selected works.
23–30 JUL 2026 | Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA
Selected for the international group exhibition curated by IMAGINARY at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians to explore the connections between mathematics, art, and research.