Flax Pods Gothic by Patricia Howitt
About This Etching
New Zealand Flax is It is totally unlike the Flax-plant known to Europeans, except in the strength and usefulness of the fibre. It has been said that if a farmer has flax on his farm he is never stuck for a piece of almost unbreakable twine.
The flowers are carried on tall stems 6 to 8 feet long, with branchlets carrying an array of flowers along each branch. When the flowers die and the seed pods are formed they are dark and shiny and about 3 inches long. As everything dries out, the whole head becomes a great pattern of twisted, dark, almost mediaeval shapes – quite fascinating. I have tried to capture that feel here.
Etching 5 × 4 in.
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Comments
Very well done.
Thank you very much indeed !!
– Patricia Howitt
lovely work… I adore your color pieces, but this is just as beautiful in its own unique way.
Thank you Quinn – I’m so glad it speaks to you.
– Patricia Howitt
Very educational! These are neat plants!
This is very nice, Patricia. It’s amazing that you were able to etch the tiny pattern in the main plant. That must have been very time-consuming. All worth it, though, for this beauty.
wowonderful, i love!!! amazing etching Patricia :)