Herby
Herby is a bioart series that blurs the line between scientific preservation and artistic expression. Each small-format collage, crafted from dried plants prepared as if for a herbarium, is reimagined into humanoid forms. The process appears deceptively simple, yet its implications are profound.
At the heart of the Herbies lie a scientific truth: plants are not strangers but our distant relatives. Humans, animals, and plants share a deep evolutionary history, including ancient genes regulating similar metabolic processes across kingdoms. By shaping plants into human-like forms, this work reveals our often-forgotten kinship.
Herby invites us to reconsider the boundaries between self and nature, specimen and spirit, science and art. These botanical bodies are more than images; they are portraits of relatedness, continuity, and life expressed in an unfamiliar language.