MELISSA OFFICINALIS
Meadow, Onoma Exhibition, The Copper Smithy, Fiskars 2020
Lemon balm, leftover paper, 4,8 x 9,0 x 2,2 cm
Lemon balm, Melissa officinalis (latin), growing wild in a Fiskars garden, gave inspiration and the main material for this conceptual art work. This plant has been cultivated for thousand years, for example as a medical herb (officinalis) and to attract honey bees (mélissa). The hand-made work is presented as a minimalist artefact that mimics a product.