Patricia Howitt
Flax Pods Gothic Green

„Flax Pods Gothic Green“

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This is an etching, printed with green ink. The NZ Flax plant a remarkable species, peculiar to New Zealand and Norfolk Island. Like the Cabbage Tree, it forms a distinct and unmistakeable feature of the New Zealand landscape.

The flowers of the flax plant are carried on tall stems 6 to 8 feet long, with branches 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.

Picture ID: 9a48238

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