What if flowers remembered things we don’t? What if nature started over and got a little weirder the second time around? Strange Flowers for Strange Times is a collection of botanical inventions—grown not from soil, but from somewhere between a dream, a lens, and a machine. Created by Duncan Rawlinson using a blend of photography and AI, these works imagine a future where beauty mutates and flourishes in new, unexpected forms.
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This structure curves forward like it’s growing toward something unseen. Soft gradients streak across thick, curling petals, their edges flecked like memory half-erased. It’s familiar, but not quite—grown in the space between real and invented. Created by Duncan Rawlinson using AI, photography, and intuition.
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“Floral Synthetics Interface” by Duncan Rawlinson presents a visual dialogue between the natural world and cyberpunk-inspired digital environments. The series juxtaposes organic floral elements with the structured aesthetics of retro-futuristic technology. Through a methodical approach, Rawlinson translates the intricate details of flowers into a digital medium, mapping petals and stems onto a pixel grid that speaks to the influence of artificial intelligence in contemporary photography. Each composition is an exploration of this blend, examining how natural forms can be distilled and represented within a synthetic framework. The result is a straightforward yet thought-provoking collection that invites discussion about the role of technology in the reinterpretation of natural beauty.
Floral Synthetics Interface