Flora - using the photogram technique (hand-coated pigment print)
He gained access to the herbarium in the Natural History Museum in 1993, he spent 3 years going through thousands of plant and mineral formations, continuously photographing and printing these 'plant power' formations. He then whittled it down to 40 prints to form the exhibition Flora.
Knight took something tradition and realistically boring to view and with his technique and eye for creative visuals, turned them into modern contemporary art, by mixing colours with unusual patterns.
Knight's work has also been recognised within the contemporary art world, being exhibited at the notorious Saatchi gallery, and more recently the Tate Modern.
He was picked for Channel 4's art project called 'The Big 4"
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