Rumex

Louise Hibbert is a Welsh artist known for her nature-inspired boxes and sculpture. She is particularly inspired by microscopic creatures, marine life, beetles, and seeds--particularly the weird and wonderful. She aims to make alien worlds more accessible. When looking for inspiration she pays special attention to texture and color. Her pieces are designed to be interacted with, not just admired from afar. “Rumex” was made in collaboration with another artist--Sarah Parker Eaton22. It is based on a seed pod from the genus Rumex that encompasses over 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Seed pods from this genus are three-sided achene, often with round tubercle on one or all three of the sides