A Vision of Nature

A VISION OF NATURE

Jamie de Vorms

GRASS, DEAD FISH AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Introduction

Have you ever looked at two things at once?

Of course you have. Just take the reflections in windows, or crossing your eyes, or putting on 3D glasses. Even when you’re daydreaming doing the dishes. We see more than one thing all the time.

In this book I have brought my love for nature and the minute together with my months of experience living with double vision (diplopia). My eyes could not bring together a single image which left everything moving and overlapping.

The natural world if full of patterns and textures and colours everywhere you look (in my case that’s the front garden, supermarket fish and water the kitchen sink). It has been a joy to bring them together. I hope you find this journey as interesting as I have.

- Jamie de Vorms, 2023

a vision of nature

Cosmic Fish

Branches

Bars and Bark

Silver Green

Ocean Floor

INDEX

p.1 ‘cosmic fish’ composite of water in the kitchen sink and mackerel

p.2 ‘branches’ composite of acer tree bark and a garden weed leaf

p.3 ‘clouds’ composite of water in the kitchen sink and a leaf

p.4 ‘bars and bark’ composite of grass, tulip leaf and tree bark

p.5 ‘rain’ composite of tropical leaf and water in the sink

p.6 ‘silver green’ composite of two leaves and water in the sink

p.7 ‘ocean floor’ composite of leaf, water and mackerel

p.8 ‘storm’ composite of water, pond water, and tap water

p.9 ‘ripples’ composite of acer tree bark, grass and mackerel

p.10 ‘bruised’ composite of pollen balls, a spotted leaf and a dead leaf

All images by Jamie de Vorms Hills Road Sixth Form College 2023