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Episode #005
NATURAL SCIENCE ILLUSTRATION
RELEASED: NOVEMBER 19tH

“Find what excites you, something that keeps you awake at night, something that gives you that feedback of things you could accomplish- and do it!”
— Kelsey Nollette
 
 
 

🌿SHOW NOTES🌿

In this Episode of Among the Jungle Podcast we follow the journey of botanical artist and illustrator Kelsey Nollette, based in Seattle Washington to uncover both the art and science of the natural world. Her artworks are so beautiful- you might just want to take a bite! We discuss mycelia, meeting "your people" where they are and finding your passion. Then we load you with lots of botanically inspired projects to keep you inspired by mother nature all year round.

Today we will learn:

1) What it was like to study both art and science

2) All about Mycelia

3) How drawing can increase mindfulness & awareness

GUEST

Kelsey Nollette | Owner of Kelsey Nollette Botanical Arts
“A watercolorist, graphic designer, and plant enthusiast, I am a certified Natural Science Illustrator from the University of Washington.

My artwork is an effort to show what is not seen at first glance; a spotlight on what is beautiful, stark, and serene. I have a great affection for painting a plant that tells a deeper story; an important part of human life, diet, culture, and landscape. Painting plants that double as food ingredients, beverages, or have medicinal uses as well as being beautiful is the most rewarding, and I have found that people can have a more concrete connection with the artwork when they can relate it to their own memories and surroundings.”
— Kelsey Nollette

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    Next time you go to snap a photo of your favorite plant friend, take a moment to do a sketch instead.
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GALLERY

RESOURCES

🌿References:

🌿BOTANICAL JARGON:

  • Microbiome- the genetic material of all the microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses - that live on and inside the human body.

  • Bonsai- is a horticultural art form using cultivation techniques to produce, in containers, small trees that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees.

  • Mycelium or Mycelia- is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae.

  • Pollinator- is an animal that causes plants to make fruit or seeds. They do this by moving pollen from one part of the flower of a plant to another part. This pollen then fertilizes the plant. Only fertilized plants can make fruit and/or seeds, and without them, the plants cannot reproduce.

🌿PLANTS MENTIONED:

Mahalo for listening and I hope this episode “INSPIRED YOUR WILD”!
lookING forward to where the journey takes us next!

Aloha, Shii

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