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Molly Peacock’s The Paper Garden is a wonderful delving into the life of an unusual 18th century artist, Mary Delany. She made over 1000 beautiful botanical collages which use nothing but paper and a few found bits to recreate flowers and other plant-life in astonishing detail. What speaks to us about Delany, however, is not just the richness of her work but the sadness and triumph in the story behind her art. Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop from a geranium. In a flash of inspiration, she picked up her scissors and cut out a paper replica of the petal, inventing the […]
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