{"id":2461,"date":"2016-10-07T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T22:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aislinnadams.com\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2017-07-12T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T16:46:09","slug":"new-life-for-my-botanical-illustration-squash-flower-cucurbito-pepo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aislinnadams.com\/cms\/new-life-for-my-botanical-illustration-squash-flower-cucurbito-pepo\/","title":{"rendered":"New life for my botanical illustration – Squash flower, Cucurbito pepo."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"pumpkin-spice\"

A new design for my old botanical illustration- squash flower, Cucurbito pepo<\/p><\/div>\n

B<\/span><\/strong>logging is\u00a0a great way to share my work with people and tell the stories behind the botanical illustrations I create. It can be a mixed blessing however because in order to reach people I\u00a0have\u00a0to write\u00a0regularly so that\u00a0search engines can find\u00a0me. It takes time to write blogs and\u00a0lately\u00a0I’ve been too busy to write anything. For this reason I was very\u00a0surprised when the\u00a0famous Californian company Williams-Sonoma<\/em>\u00a0found my pen and ink illustration of the\u00a0squash flower, Cucurbito pepo<\/em>, in one of my old blogs.\u00a0Williams-Sonoma<\/em>\u00a0has a well-earned reputation for high quality products\u00a0for the home. When they contacted me\u00a0I was very excited to think that one of my botanical illustrations\u00a0would end up\u00a0in their catalogue and on their store shelves.<\/p>\n

How it happened!<\/span><\/h4>\n

Last February while\u00a0searching for a suitable illustration to use on the packaging for a new product-\u00a0the\u00a0Pumpkin Spice<\/em>\u00a0Seasonal Collection candle-\u00a0\u00a0a member\u00a0of the Williams-Sonoma<\/em> design team found my squash flower\u00a0illustration on-line.\u00a0(See blog\u00a0http:\/\/www.aislinnadams.com\/blog\/page\/3\/.) \u00a0After the initial contact the whole process was very straight forward, a licensing agreement was\u00a0signed and a jpeg of the black and white illustration sent to the designers.\u00a0It took approximately seven months for the Pumpkin Spice<\/em> candle to go from the design stage to the store. A quick turn-around really.<\/p>\n

\"Curcurbito<\/p>\n

Where the illustration started!<\/h4>\n

This illustration was\u00a0originally created for the Washington Post’s gardening column “Digging In”. Once a week,\u00a0on a Thursday, one of my pen and ink drawings\u00a0would illustrate\u00a0the gardening column. Each week I created a new illustration which meant that my squash\u00a0illustration only appeared once. However, thanks to Williams-Sonoma,<\/em>\u00a0it\u00a0is getting a new showing, and for a longer period of time. I am particularly pleased with\u00a0how it looks\u00a0on the high quality, three dimensional packaging and, in an attractive\u00a0burnt sienna\u00a0tone suggesting\u00a0pumpkin and spice.<\/p>\n

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