When you say the word dandelion I'm instatnly transported to my childhood self. Laying in the soft grass of my school oval and watching the delicate little seeds be swept up by a summer breeze. Whether this actually happened is hard to tell, that idealized image though makes me very fond of the dandelion and I think almost every child's first experience with blowing the delicate little fluffy seeds must be a magical one. Regine Ramseier has taken that feeling and times it by 2000. Her installation suspended 2000 dandelions from the roof of a gallery, as part of ArToll Summer Lab 2011. The images themselves are beautiful but it is amazing to imagine picking 2000 dandelions. I think walking through a field of dandelions would be pretty awesome in itself. After viewing this work and reminscining I was intrigue how Dandelions got their name, so I looked it up.
"The English name, dandelion, is a corruption of the French dent de lion[14] meaning "lion's tooth", referring to the coarsely toothed leaves. "
The images below walk through her process of collection the delicate little lions tooth's.
Images are via www.thejealouscurator.com
