Sep 16, 2018
Experiment 2 – Frozen Flowers
We have a small cherry blossom tree in our front yard that’s usually in full bloom in early September, and then it slowly starts to lose the flowers mid-month. In attempt to ‘preserve’ the flowers, I put them in a plastic bag, filled it with water and put it in the freezer. In the following experiments, I’ll be looking further into the preservation and decay of natural elements; at this stage, I’m still trying to figure out how to convey the binary of growth and decay.
After thawing out the flowers, the petals and more delicate areas were bruised and frail – a failure in preservation attempts? They looked okay while they were still frozen in the ice though.