Mel’ancolie

This botanical composition "Mel'ancolie" sits in a domed glass bell, mounted on a blackened wooden base. The piece is made of five feathery achenes of wild salsify (tragopogon pratensis) gilded with gold leaf and gold powder and of four grey columbines attached to stainless steel stems. It is complemented with a single grey lichen lying at the bottom of the bell.