Greetings, Eugene! I thought since much of our cultural heritage has so many roads seemingly tracing back to the counter-culture movement, that you all might get a kick out of one of my recent projects... ✨❤️⚡️💙✨ 

I’ve posted my work here before, but now that it is cast, this one does a particularly nice job of warping the senses, and it may take a moment to know exactly what you’re looking at. As an artist and prankster at heart, I find that playful perceptual dissonance delightful, but, to, ahem, Phil in the space between—

This is a 9.5” x 9.5” x 3.5” organic sculpture of dried flowers and woody ornamentals, all of which were grown regeneratively and organically here on my Eugene, Oregon farm. The floral mandala section is about 6” x 6”, containing what I’d guess to be about 350-400 stems. Some flowers are no bigger than the head of a pin. The outer frame is made up of \\\\\\\~175 Redwood, Hemlock, and Cedar boughs, and a few seeded Bee Balm flower heads. 

Once complete, sculpture was then cast in museum-grade epoxy resin, sealing and protecting it, essentially forever. Once cured, it was sanded down to 3000 grit, providing the matte finish, and the drops of rain were applied to finish.  

Let me know your thoughts in the comments, and if you have any questions please feel free to ask! Cheers!! 

Local artist Wild Adorn’s ‘Box of Rain’