Flora Invernessica

In the 1750s King Frederik of Denmark was concerned that his subjects did not appropriately value the natural surroundings of their country.  He ordered that all the plants of the Kingdom be drawn in a reference work, Flora Danica.  It turned out to be a mammoth undertaking:  the first volume was published in 1761 and the last in 1883.  The resulting prints are now most familiar on a fabulously expensive set of Royal Copenhagen china.   

Mary Ann King and I are working on a glass version, Flora Invernessica.  These pieces celebrate the plants we think of when we think of Inverness.  We have focused, for purposes of an anticipated show in Inverness’ First Valley gallery, on our Chimney Rock favorites, and on pipe vines with their attendant butterflies and caterpillars.  But we expect to work on this project for years to come.