Paint With Grass

Photo courtesy of Ackroyd & Harvey; Park Ave + Resident (2011)

 British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey use grass to make pictures—"living" photographs. Wielding the traditional tools of the artist and the gardener to harness a plant's natural photosynthesis, their process is a nice synthesis of art and science. Harvey describes their natural medium, saying, "The grass has a certain importance because of the simplicity of the blade. By nature it slightly grows towards the light." Adapting this principle, the artists cultivate grass that reacts to the light by growing in different shades, from green to yellow, depending on the amount of light it receives from a custom negative.  (1)

Photo courtesy of Ackroyd & Harvey; Park Ave + Resident (2011)

Photo courtesy of Ackroyd & Harvey; Park Ave + Resident (2011)

Photo courtesy of Ackroyd & Harvey; Park Ave + Resident (2011)

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(1) www.gardendesign.com