{"product_id":"silphium-laciniatum","title":"Silphium Laciniatum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original architect of everything is nature herself, and nobody knew that better than German photographer and sculptor \u003cstrong\u003eKarl Blossfeldt\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Blossfeldt, a sculptural iron caster in the early 1880s, switched to studying illustration in Berlin at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, he received a life-changing scholarship from Moritz Meurer, a renowned professor of ornament and design. Meurer became his new teacher, and he had an assignment for Blossfeldt: to travel around Europe and North America photographing botanical specimens that would serve as references for Meurer’s work. To do this, Blossfeldt created a first-of-its-kind camera he'd augmented with specialty magnification lenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nineteenth century was a fertile time in the field of photography, and Blossfeldt was perfectly poised to learn the craft while obsessively cataloging what would ultimately turn out to be a collection of over 6,000 photographs of plants. Both \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCirsium Canum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Queen Anne Thistle) and \u003cem\u003eSilphium Laciniatum\u003c\/em\u003e (Compass Plant) are particularly architectural-looking specimens–it is extremely easy to imagine how either subject would work beautifully as a sculpture.\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karl Blossfeldt","offers":[{"title":"10\"x8\"","offer_id":50493714432109,"sku":"jgp1790055544013","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14\"x11\"","offer_id":50493714464877,"sku":"rpb1790055544014","price":55.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20\"x16\"","offer_id":50493714497645,"sku":"wpj1790055544015","price":192.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24\"x20\"","offer_id":50493714530413,"sku":"apn1790055544016","price":432.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/9532\/8621\/files\/silphium-laciniatum_1.png?v=1790055553","url":"https:\/\/coffeescale.shop\/products\/silphium-laciniatum","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}