{"product_id":"phyllium-imaginarium-leaf-insect-fine-art-print","title":"Phyllium imaginarium – Leaf Insect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA real leaf insect, given a wing the real ones do not have. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA contemporary entomology watercolour, printed as an archival fine art print. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a real leaf insect, almost. The fine white linework on its back was too beautiful to leave out, so I painted it in, and gave it a wing to go with it. Mine can fly. The real ones cannot. Because I changed what it is, I could not honestly keep its species name, so I called it imaginarium: invented, and admitted. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat is how the Latin runs through the Specimens. A true and exact painting keeps the real name, the bee. A real creature named for a feeling keeps the feeling, the lacewing. And one I altered says so, here. The name is a record of what I did, not just a label. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a master of disguise, made to pass for a leaf down to its worn edges. A leaf insect is already a forger, faking a leaf its whole life, and I forged it one step further, then signed the forgery. The way it is painted falls between its siblings, fuller than the lacewing, lighter than the bee. The original is about twelve to thirteen centimetres, the same small scale as the other two. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePast that, there is no message to chase. It is a beautiful, near-impossible creature, and a small game for anyone who reads its name. A pretty bug, and I love bugs. The delight of the collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrinted to order on Hahnemühle German Etching, a heavyweight 310gsm mould-made fine art paper, acid- and lignin-free to museum standard, with archival pigment inks. A giclée from an original watercolour by Léna Ruisz, never a mass reproduction, colour-managed to stay true to the original painting. Because every screen shows colour a little differently, what you see on your device may vary slightly from the finished print. Free worldwide shipping, arriving ready to live with. No frame is forced on you, so choose the size that fits your wall. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou are buying the fine art print only. The frame shown in the product image, and any mount, furniture, plants or other props in the photographs, are there to show scale and setting. They are not included in your purchase.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildcabinet","offers":[{"title":"4×6″","offer_id":54179272261973,"sku":"WC-PHY-4X6","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"A5","offer_id":54179272294741,"sku":"WC-PHY-A5","price":46.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"5×7″","offer_id":54179272327509,"sku":"WC-PHY-5×7″","price":46.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4","offer_id":54179272360277,"sku":"WC-PHY-A4","price":64.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"8×10″","offer_id":54179272393045,"sku":"WC-PHY-8×10″","price":64.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":54179272425813,"sku":"WC-PHY-A3","price":93.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true},{"title":"11×14″","offer_id":54179272458581,"sku":"WC-PHY-11×14″","price":93.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/1445\/4869\/files\/LR_PhylliumImaginarium_2026_v1_Mockup_Hero.jpg?v=1781870336","url":"https:\/\/www.wildcabinet.com\/products\/phyllium-imaginarium-leaf-insect-fine-art-print","provider":"Wildcabinet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}