Orchidaceae

Most orchids are epiphytic, meaning they grow on other plants rather than in soil. They aren’t parasitic; instead, they form tiny ecosystems of moss and lichens that share nutrients with their host. Orchids are one of the largest plant families in the world and have long fascinated collectors, so much so that 19th‑century Europe experienced an obsessive craze, which inspired advances in greenhouse cultivation.

These copper orchid sculptures, which also serve as vases, were made for a residential hallway. Placed along windows that look out onto a tropical garden, they connect the interior to the exterior, their materiality amplifying the fleeting beauty of the cut stems they hold. Some sit on cast bronze moss and branches that rise from the wooden windowsills, tying the sculpture to the architecture while evoking the orchids’ natural, epiphytic habitats.