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Flower Figures: Artist digitally crafts sculptures of women from a single dried bloom

In his incredible series Flower Figures, Jean-Michel Bihorel takes one photograph of a bunch of dried hydrangea blossom (scroll right to the bottom) and then uses his imagination, along with some handy 3D modelling software, to craft these elegant sculptures of women.

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Two ethereal female figures composed entirely of delicate dried hydrangea flowers stand back-to-back against a dark background, with petals dispersing around them

The dried flowers have been meticulously layered and multiplied over a framework of a female body so perfectly that it is impossible to tell whether the final pieces are indeed real. Using a mix of 3D scanning and tools such as Houdini, Maya and Redshift – Jean-Michel depicts the female form in various poses – from sitting and kneeling to dancing. A nice touch is the addition of single hydrangea petals that lie close to each figure, as though they have fallen from her frame.

The Parisian digital artist is co-founder of Creative Seeds, a training school dedicated to animation in France, as well as CG Supervisor at Mécanique Générale, a 3D print and animation film production company. A graduate of ESRA-Bretagne, Jean-Michel specialises in shading, lighting and rendering but he's also got bags of experience in everything from texturing and modelling to FX. Discover more at jmbihorel.myportfolio.com.

Via Behance

Two translucent female figures composed entirely of dried hydrangea flowers stand back-to-back against a dark background, with petals scattered at their feet
Two white and cream dried hydrangea flower sculptures arranged in profile against a dark background, with loose petals scattered nearby, by Jean-Michel Bihorel
Dried white hydrangea flowers densely layered and arranged to form an abstract curved shape against a dark background, with individual petals scattered nearby
Close-up detail of textured dried hydrangea petals layered in Jean-Michel Bihorel's digital artwork, showing blue and beige botanical fragments against black
A seated female figure rendered entirely from layered dried hydrangea petals in golden tones against a dark background, with loose petals scattered at the base
A digitally crafted female figure composed entirely of layered dried hydrangea petals, shown in profile against a dark background
A kneeling female figure crafted from layered dried hydrangea petals in gold and cream tones, with loose petals scattered beneath, against a dark background
Digital sculpture of a kneeling female figure entirely composed of layered dried hydrangea petals, against a dark background
Back view of a female figure completely covered in textured dried hydrangea petals and scales in shades of gold and cream against a dark background
A digitally created sculpture of a seated female figure entirely composed of textured dried hydrangea petals in golden tones against a black background
A digitally crafted sculpture of a kneeling female figure composed entirely of layered dried hydrangea petals in cream and tan tones, with loose petals scattered at its base against a dark background
Dried golden-brown hydrangea blossom cluster with densely layered petals used as reference material for the Flower Figures series
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