an index of botanical desires - notes on touch
madeline cass, 2025
8.5 × 11”, wire-o binding
images collected from fragments of The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening by T.H. Everett
assembled by hand, for hands
1st edition, edition of 150
plant thief press
ISBN 979-8-89940-411-5
Please allow 2 weeks after ordering for your zine to ship. Each one is printed, bound and packaged by hand in my studio.
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My perennial interest in the relationship between humans and nature is often centered upon the sense of touch. How do we use our bodies to relate to our environment? What can we learn from touching, carrying, holding, stroking?
"It is the body that knows how to touch what is invisible. It is the body that guides the hand to find what is hidden, what is lost." — Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
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Natura Extensa -OMNE @ Officine Fotografiche - Rome
10th Daegu Photo Biennale - The Pulse of Life - Seoul, South Korea
Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation - Paris
Albert B Alkek Library @ Texas State University
Cleveland Museum of Art Ingalls Library
Tate Library
Also available for purchase at:
Santa Fe @ photo-eye books
Brussels @ Tipi Bookshop (currently sold out)
Italy @ Micamera
Japan @ Bong Sadhu
Korea @ Same Dust (currently sold out)
an index of botanical desires - notes on touch
madeline cass, 2025
8.5 × 11”, wire-o binding
images collected from fragments of The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening by T.H. Everett
assembled by hand, for hands
1st edition, edition of 150
plant thief press
ISBN 979-8-89940-411-5
Please allow 2 weeks after ordering for your zine to ship. Each one is printed, bound and packaged by hand in my studio.
—
My perennial interest in the relationship between humans and nature is often centered upon the sense of touch. How do we use our bodies to relate to our environment? What can we learn from touching, carrying, holding, stroking?
"It is the body that knows how to touch what is invisible. It is the body that guides the hand to find what is hidden, what is lost." — Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
—
Natura Extensa -OMNE @ Officine Fotografiche - Rome
10th Daegu Photo Biennale - The Pulse of Life - Seoul, South Korea
Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation - Paris
Albert B Alkek Library @ Texas State University
Cleveland Museum of Art Ingalls Library
Tate Library
Also available for purchase at:
Santa Fe @ photo-eye books
Brussels @ Tipi Bookshop (currently sold out)
Italy @ Micamera
Japan @ Bong Sadhu
Korea @ Same Dust (currently sold out)