Iberian Spiral
‘Iberian Spiral’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Portugal and Spain. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. In the art piece, the flowers are arranged in the form of a spiral arms surrounding a central white flower serving as the source of all flowers. The background has a similar spiral feel and derives from an AI-generated fractal landscape generated by AI Stable Diffusion 2. The spirals comprise 9 streams, with each stream photographed in either Portugal or Spain. The diversity of color and form of the flowers is apparent, with more than 10 different species represented in the art piece.
I took all the photographs using an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 50 photographs in the Iberian Spiral piece. In this case, the time to segment a flower from its surroundings was typically 30 minutes or more.
I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white wooden float frame. I have chosen the satin finish to accentuate the visual impact.
‘Iberian Spiral’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Portugal and Spain. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. In the art piece, the flowers are arranged in the form of a spiral arms surrounding a central white flower serving as the source of all flowers. The background has a similar spiral feel and derives from an AI-generated fractal landscape generated by AI Stable Diffusion 2. The spirals comprise 9 streams, with each stream photographed in either Portugal or Spain. The diversity of color and form of the flowers is apparent, with more than 10 different species represented in the art piece.
I took all the photographs using an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 50 photographs in the Iberian Spiral piece. In this case, the time to segment a flower from its surroundings was typically 30 minutes or more.
I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white wooden float frame. I have chosen the satin finish to accentuate the visual impact.
‘Iberian Spiral’ is an art piece that combines flowers photographed by me in Portugal and Spain. My objective was to assemble a flower montage where the photographs have a location authenticity. In the art piece, the flowers are arranged in the form of a spiral arms surrounding a central white flower serving as the source of all flowers. The background has a similar spiral feel and derives from an AI-generated fractal landscape generated by AI Stable Diffusion 2. The spirals comprise 9 streams, with each stream photographed in either Portugal or Spain. The diversity of color and form of the flowers is apparent, with more than 10 different species represented in the art piece.
I took all the photographs using an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Using Affinity Photo for editing, I resized each photograph to promote effective image segmentation, segmented each photograph to isolate the portrayed flower, exported the resulting photograph on a transparent background, and then combined each of the roughly 50 photographs in the Iberian Spiral piece. In this case, the time to segment a flower from its surroundings was typically 30 minutes or more.
I have chosen to print the art using a substrate of Dibond, which is an aluminum composite material. The process overlays the Dibond with a silver halide print that supports 610 dpi resolution. A satin laminate covers the print for protection, and the entire assembly is placed in a slim white wooden float frame. I have chosen the satin finish to accentuate the visual impact.