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LDH-P054 · vintage letterpress poster

Golden Specimen

Paradise, now in gold.

A bird of paradise flower with orange and blue bracts and big dark leaves against sunset-gradient bands. Painterly botanical poster.

The Story

Bird of paradise is planted throughout the cottage districts, where the orange-and-blue bracts stop foot traffic in Mango Groves and Eden Place through the warm months. The flower's structure - crest, bract, spathe - suits flattening. Here it gets the botanical plate treatment: single specimen, gradient ground, nothing else in the frame.

The Making

  • Flower form-reduced in Photoshop - detail kept at the bract edges, interior detail compressed, color intensified in the orange and blue ranges.
  • Gradient bands composed in Illustrator behind the specimen.
  • Finished to archival-poster convention with a flat margin and no texture over the flower itself.

Palette

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8 × 10 print - $20 · 2 for $35 · 3 for $50

Golden Specimen - print thumbnail+Gradient Solstice - pairs well with Golden Specimen+Shell Geometry - pairs well with Golden SpecimenPairs well with Gradient Solstice and Shell Geometry - 2 for $35, 3 for $50.

Printed at full print quality, ready to frame. Stickers and art cards carry the motto: Paradise, now in gold.

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