Small, unicellular plants composed mostly of soft body tissues, for example, green algae.
Closeup of algae print. Screen print, with thermal dye overlay on synthetic chiffon.
Evolution of plants begin to include terrestrial specimens which resembled liverworts and mosses.
Closeup of lichen and moss. Screen print with thermal dye overlay on synthetic chiffon.
Evolution of forests comprising large, primitive plants with most being tall and having true roots and leaves.
Closeup of ferns. Screen print with thermal dye overlay on synthetic chiffon.
Environmental conditions steadily changed to become warmer and more humid, allowing for lush jungles to thrive, with conifers as the dominating species.
Closeup of conifers. Screen print with thermal dye overlay on synthetic chiffon.
Angiosperms (flowering plants) begin to appear due to the appearance of bees. Many representations of modern plants such as figs and magnolias begin to appear.
Squeezed into five chiffon panels are nine periods of the history of plant evoltion. Beginning with Cambrian flora and ending with those
of the Cretaceous period, each panel showcases the most important or thriving species of flora at that point in time. As each is a printed chiffon panel, they can be overlapped representing an almost concise timeline of the evolution of the plant world.
Screen print, thermal dye. Synthetic chiffon.
The Extra- Ordinarily Almost Concise History of Plants. 2016