By: Jessie Monsivais Photos via: Green Sea Designs
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What happens when a biologist with a desire and passion for creativity begins looking for a new outlet? Well, a local brand like Green Sea Designs, is born: thats what! Green Sea Designs is bringing their coastal art to Wildflowers duringbrthe month of February, as the local shop’s featured artist of the month. The artisan behind Green Sea Designs is Emily McCauley,brwho is a biologist with a passion for creating Texas-based marine botanicalbrart.
Showcasing her latest collection,brAdrift, Emily’s most significant influence comes from capturing the organic,brnatural movement of local algae species as they are seen underwater. Thebrcollection features local marine algae species collected and pressed by Emily,brwhich she then mounts in rustic floating frames. Emily says the best way to capture that is tobrpress the algae without paper as to be able to install them in the frame. After much trial and error, Emily’s fully-floating frame collection is here, perfectly capturing the movement, color, andbrstructure of each species.
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“When most people think of the ocean, they think of it as blue. However,brI also fell in love with our diverse marine plant populations, and therefore Ibrthink of the sea as green instead,” shares Emily. “My hope is to raisebrawareness of the importance of marine habitats and coastal wetlands bybrshowcasing the beauty of the algae, seagrasses, and plants within them and alsobrgive people a way to cherish the Texas coast in a unique way.”
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All the specimens Emily uses in her work are collected from localbrhabitats, representing local beaches and bays directly. Emily says her work showcases the beauty ofbran often overlooked but essential group of organisms of our natural ecosystems.
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Back in April 2019, Emily released a collection of her originals atbrWildflowers. Upon the completion of her new collection, Adrift, Emily says she knewbrWildflowers would be the perfect backdrop for it once again.
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The pieces will be on display and available throughout the storebrthrough the entire month of February. For more information, visit www.greenseadesigns.com andbrfollow Green Sea Designs on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitterbr@greenseadesigns
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