SELECTED WORK
HERBARIUM
3D / MIXED MEDIA
An imaginary botanical collection of everyday things, pressed under glass.
Herbaria preserve plants. This one preserves moments: whatever gets pressed under the glass becomes a flower.
Spaghetti, a rubber duck, a toy dinosaur, a photograph, a child’s drawing — each specimen gets an invented Latin name, a number, a habitat and a collector, like a sheet from a real herbarium. The idea owes a debt to Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871), where everyday objects become plants with playful Latin names.
Specimen N°1
Chrysanthemum spaghettiflorum
Specimen N°1, Chrysanthemum spaghettiflorum.
Habitat
Boiling water (salted)
Date
17.09.2026
Collector
Liza Benesh
Spaghetti turns into a chrysanthemum. A photograph and handwritten notes make it a personal record — and the ketchup stays in the picture.
Close-up: scratches, reflections and handwriting on the glass.
The label: name, habitat, date, collector.
The same specimen in grey, before materials.
Specimen N°2
Dinosarium toyflorum
Specimen N°2, Dinosarium toyflorum.
Habitat
Bathtub, 37 °C (with bubbles)
Date
24.09.26
Collector
Liza Benesh, 5 y.o.
This one preserves a carefree childhood. Toys become an imaginary flower, joined by a photograph of me at five and a drawing by my daughter.
Two generations, one dinosaur.
Under glass, in motion.
The collector, aged five.
The dinosaur, drawn by my daughter.
Pressing the toys flat: simulation in Cinema 4D. “One flower missing.”
Under glass
Specimen N°1, framed. Mock-up.
Specimen N°2, framed. Mock-up.
Technique: 3D modelling, simulation and rendering in Cinema 4D and Redshift; graphic interventions
Year: 2026
3D / Mixed media
2026
Herbarium
An imaginary botanical collection of everyday things, pressed under glass.
Herbaria preserve plants. This one preserves moments: whatever gets pressed under the glass becomes a flower.
Spaghetti, a rubber duck, a toy dinosaur, a photograph, a child’s drawing — each specimen gets an invented Latin name, a number, a habitat and a collector, like a sheet from a real herbarium. The idea owes a debt to Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany (1871), where everyday objects become plants with playful Latin names.
Specimen N°1
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Chrysanthemum spaghettiflorum
Specimen N°1, Chrysanthemum spaghettiflorum.
Habitat
Boiling water (salted)
Date
17.09.2026
Collector
Liza Benesh
Spaghetti turns into a chrysanthemum. A photograph and handwritten notes make it a personal record — and the ketchup stays in the picture.
Details
Swipe →
Scratches, reflections and handwriting on the glass.
The label: name, habitat, date, collector.
The same specimen in grey, before materials.
Specimen N°2
02
Dinosarium toyflorum
Specimen N°2, Dinosarium toyflorum.
Habitat
Bathtub, 37 °C (with bubbles)
Date
24.09.26
Collector
Liza Benesh, 5 y.o.
This one preserves a carefree childhood. Toys become an imaginary flower, joined by a photograph of me at five and a drawing by my daughter.
Two generations, one dinosaur.
Under glass, in motion.
Details and process
Swipe →
The collector, aged five.
The dinosaur, drawn by my daughter.
Pressing the toys flat: simulation in Cinema 4D. “One flower missing.”
Under glass
03
Framed
Swipe →
Specimen N°1, framed. Mock-up.
Specimen N°2, framed. Mock-up.
Technique
3D modelling, simulation and rendering in Cinema 4D and Redshift; graphic interventions
Year
2026
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