Still Meadows Boutique
Mixed Media
I am a flower preservation artist working primarily in resin, creating functional and decorative works from real botanicals gathered from weddings, memorials, and other meaningful occasions. My pieces include display blocks, trays, bookends, clocks, tables, jewelry, and other keepsake forms intended to preserve both the natural beauty of the flowers and the personal histories they represent.
Each work is designed and made entirely by hand, with careful attention to the color, form, and character of the original blooms. Flowers are preserved through a combination of traditional drying and pressing methods alongside contemporary botanical preservation techniques, then arranged into finished compositions. Depending on scale and complexity, the full process of preservation, assembly, curing, and finishing can take 6–18 weeks. Larger works may also incorporate handcrafted wooden bases.
My work is informed by the long tradition of botanical preservation and sentimental decorative arts in 18th- and 19th-century America. During the colonial and Victorian periods, flowers were commonly pressed, dried, and kept as memorial objects, personal keepsakes, and elements of domestic decorative craft. Natural resins, varnishes, and pine-derived pitches were also widely used in early American craftsmanship for sealing, finishing, and protecting handmade objects. My work continues within this lineage of material preservation and memory-keeping, translating historic practices of botanical keepsakes into contemporary form.
Just as flowers have long been used to mark affection, remembrance, and significant life events, my work seeks to preserve those fleeting natural moments as lasting objects of memory through contemporary botanical artistry.