{"product_id":"paperblanks-blooming-wisteria-mini-hardback-journal-plain-176-pages-pb3576-3","title":"Paperblanks Blooming Wisteria Mini Hardback Journal – Plain, 176 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Blooming Wisteria mini hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 176 plain pages of 85 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf flowers and foliage can be said to speak, it is surely through the voice of botanical illustrators. Our Blooming Wisteria journal features an image first published in one of Sir Joseph Paxton’s famed botanical periodicals. His published collections were greatly prized for their remarkable hand colouring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf flowers and foliage can be said to speak, it is surely through the voice of botanical illustrators. For centuries, horticulturalists and illustrators have worked with scientists to document plants species, most often in watercolours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBotanical paintings have provided modern scientists with the means to identify ancient plant species and have given us a better understanding of early horticulture and medicine. The earliest surviving work is the \u003cem\u003eCodex Vindobonesis,\u003c\/em\u003e a 512 AD copy of \u003cem\u003eDe Materia Medica\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eOn Medical Material\u003c\/em\u003e) written by Pedanius Dioscorides between 50 and 70 AD. The artwork on our cover is comparatively far more modern, but the hallmark attention to detail remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 18th century saw many advancements in printing processes, allowing botanical artists to recreate their plants and flowers with more accuracy of colour. Paintings from this era and later, like the one on this cover, retain the original colouring so one can see the plant through the artist’s own eyes. In our rendition, the characteristic yellowish tint (a familiar sign of age) of the original painting was transformed by our graphic artists into a beautiful shimmery patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned among these botanical enthusiasts was Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865), celebrated horticulturist and publisher of \u003cem\u003ePaxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants.\u003c\/em\u003e His published collections were greatly prized for their remarkable hand colouring and this design, originally an 1840 aquatint by Samuel Holden, is no exception. Holden’s \u003cem\u003eWisteria Consequana\u003c\/em\u003e perfectly captures the dangling form of the plant particularly prized by artists of the era for its sense of movement and liveliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engravings and lithographs from Paxton’s publication rank among the highlights of Victorian botanical illustration, a time when new species of plants were being discovered in abundance. Paxton made it a point to include these discoveries in his floricultural monthly, with a focus on the work of British cultivars and artists. If the name Joseph Paxton sounds familiar, you may also know him as the architect of the famed Crystal Palace, created for the 1851 Great Exhibition. Though he is now celebrated as an illustrious horticulturalist, it was his design and creation of the Crystal Palace that is his legacy and led to his knighthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary artists continue to practice this tradition, and their art is judged for scientific accuracy just as much as it is for beauty and personal interpretation. Uniting art and gardening enthusiasts, botanical exhibitions are held around the world for artists to showcase their talents and celebrate the native species of their homeland. As we experience this renaissance in botanical illustration, contemporary practitioners continue to look to the work of the 18th- and 19th-century masters for how best to be a voice for botanicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wisteria Consequana from Joseph Paxton’s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e mid-1800s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mini – 90 × 140 × 16 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176 (88 sheets)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper:\u003c\/strong\u003e 85 gsm acid-free cream laid paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elastic band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Smyth sewn – lies flat and stays durable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCorners:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rounded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePouch:\u003c\/strong\u003e Memento pouch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesign:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blooming Wisteria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Painted Botanicals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSatin ribbon marker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% recycled binder boards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecorative printed cover paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEndpaper with credit and copyright information as well as historical background for the original artwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThreaded stitching and glue, as needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcid-free paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemento pouch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct code:\u003c\/strong\u003e PB3576-3 | \u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781439735763\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Paperblanks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaperblanks works with museums, libraries, galleries and artists around the world to faithfully reproduce remarkable artwork, historic bindings and treasured manuscripts. 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