Banisteriopsis muricata (red ayahuasca) Size:Medium (50 x 50cm) The grains are enclosed beyond

The grains are enclosed beyond the accessible beauty of the flower until the moment of release

taken from the acclaimed book Seeds – Time Capsules of Life

A celebration of beauty

viewed from the bottom end

while Dr Peter Clarkson’s Introduction draws on his personal experiences as a member of the British Antarctic Survey to recount the history of the discovery of the Antarctic and the challenges of working and living in the harshest of environments

Banisteriopsis muricata (red ayahuasca) Size:Medium (50 x 50cm) The grains are enclosed beyondThese luminous photographic prints, taken from the groundbreaking book Microcosms Sacred Plants of the Americas, reveal the hidden architecture of plants revered by Indigenous cultures across the Americas from peyote and ayahuasca to cacao and tobacco. Created by microscopy specialist Jill Pflugheber and historian Steven F. White, these images were captured using confocal microscopy a laser based technique that scans living tissue layer by layer to