The bouquet looks like it has been run through a digital glitch filter. Petals break into colored squares, and stems seem to dissolve mid-length. No software is involved. Dutch artist and designer Marius Boekhorst creates the effect with flowers behind patterned glass and a set of cut stems.
The method is simple. Boekhorst places the blooms behind patterned glass inside geometric structures. Each pane bends and scatters light, so the bloom behind it loses its outline and its edges blur into color.
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Flowers behind patterned glass in the Violet series
The Violet series shows how far that idea can go. The works Violet, Violet Frosted and Violet Pixel each control how much of the flower a viewer can read. Each piece reveals a different balance of glass-framed blooms, and the results echo Impressionist brushwork and the dot technique of Pointillism.
The image is never fixed. Walk around one of these objects and a bouquet can resolve into a recognizable arrangement. Step to the side and the same flowers may read as an abstract field of color. The glass acts as the surface, the lens and the source of the picture all at once.
Who makes the work
Boekhorst was born in the Netherlands in 1998. The designer works across art, design and fashion, and often finds new uses for everyday materials in glass flower art. Floral arrangements, a common decorative object, become the raw material for these sculptural flowers.
Boekhorst’s Dutch roots connect him to a wider wave of digitally minded makers from the Netherlands. Jesperish’s dreamlike digital worlds offer a screen-based counterpart worth a look.
The work has been shown internationally. It appeared at Milan Design Week and Collectible New York. In 2026, Boekhorst held a solo exhibition at Emanuele Catellani Contemporary in Italy.
The appeal of this approach lies in restraint. The flowers themselves stay the same. Only the glass and the viewer’s position change, and that shift turns a familiar bouquet into something that looks like a painting in motion.
Frequently asked questions
How does Marius Boekhorst create the glitched look in his flowers?
Boekhorst places cut flowers behind patterned glass inside geometric structures, and no software is involved. Each glass pane bends and scatters light, so the bloom behind it loses its outline and its edges blur into color.
Why does the view of a Violet series piece change as you move?
The image is never fixed, so a bouquet can resolve into a recognizable arrangement when you walk around it. Stepping to the side can make the same flowers read as an abstract field of color. The glass acts as the surface, the lens, and the source of the picture all at once.
Where has Marius Boekhorst’s work been shown?
His work has been shown internationally, including at Milan Design Week and Collectible New York. In 2026, he held a solo exhibition at Emanuele Catellani Contemporary in Italy.
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