Eguzkilore

Field notes on the sun-flower of Basque folklore

Gallery

The flower, in many hands

One bloom from the slopes of Entzia, redrawn across seven styles — photograph, plate, miniature and mark.

01
Golden-hour macro photograph of the eguzkilore flower head
The bloom at golden hour
Macro study, Entzia range
02
Nineteenth-century herbarium-style botanical illustration of Carlina acaulis
The plate
Herbarium, 19th-century manner
03
Tilt-shift miniature photograph of the single dominant flower head
The miniature
Tilt-shift, a model of the slopes
04
Tilt-shift miniature of the flower head, second study
The miniature, again
A second pass on the same slope
05
Traditional tattoo-flash sketch of the eguzkilore flower head
The flash
Tattoo-flash line study of the head
06
Radially symmetric tattoo-flash study of the whole plant
The radial
Symmetry study, whole plant
07
Minimalist flat vector illustration of the eguzkilore
The mark
Minimalist flat vector logo
08
Circular emblem of the eguzkilore, cropped from the radial study
The emblem
A circular crop, cut for the seal
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Every study here begins from the same bloom, found on the slopes of Entzia in Alava. The plant is protected in the wild — so these are photographs and redrawings, not gathered specimens.