Flowers, like fables, start innocently enough and transform into something beautiful. Æsop Blooms connects these two ideas—transforming the text of famous fables into colorful bouquets of flowers. Posters were created for the 147 fables from the book, The Æsop for Children—each with a unique colorful palette based on photos of flowers and nature landscapes.
How to read them: Each poster includes an entire fable. Each flower is a paragraph from that fable and its petals are the words. The size of each petal corresponds to the length of the word. Petal rotation is clockwise from top and is based on when words occur in each paragraph with the shortest in front and longest in back. The size of the core at the center of each flower corresponds to the length of the paragraph and is numbered for when it occurs in the fable.
About the fables chosen: The number of fables attributed to Æsop and their interpretations numbers in the hundreds—from limericks and short stories, to novels and cartoons. The fables chosen for this project are from the book The Æsop for Children: with Pictures by Milo Winter, published in 1919. It is considered to be in the public domain.
Starting at $27.80 for 24×36″. More sizes available on ordering page.
The Wolf & the Kid
The Tortoise & the Ducks
The Young Crab & His Mother
The Frogs & the Ox
The Dog, the Cock & the Fox
Belling the Cat
The Eagle & the Jackdaw
The Boy & the Filberts
Hercules & the Wagoner
The Kid & the Wolf
The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse
The Fox & the Grapes
The Bundle of Sticks
The Wolf & the Crane
The Ass & His Driver
The Oxen & the Wheels
The Lion & the Mouse
The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf
The Gnat & the Bull
The Plane Tree
The Farmer & the Stork
The Sheep & the Pig
The Travelers & the Purse
The Lion & the Ass
The Frogs Who Wished for a King
The Owl & the Grasshopper
The Wolf & His Shadow
The Oak & the Reeds
The Rat & the Elephant
The Boys & the Frogs
The Crow & the Pitcher
The Ants & the Grasshopper
The Ass Carrying the Image
A Raven & a Swan
The Two Goats
The Ass & the Load of Salt
The Lion & the Gnat
The Leap at Rhodes
The Cock & the Jewel
The Monkey & the Camel
The Wild Boar & the Fox
The Ass, the Fox & the Lion
The Birds, the Beasts & the Bat
The Lion, the Bear & the Fox
The Wolf & the Lamb
The Wolf & the Sheep
The Hares & the Frogs
The Fox & the Stork
The Travelers & the Sea
The Wolf & the Lion
The Stag & His Reflection
The Peacock
The Mice & the Weasels
The Wolf & the Lean Dog
The Fox & the Lion
The Lion & the Ass
The Dog & his Master's Dinner
The Vain JackDaw & his Borrowed Feathers
The Monkey & the Dolphin
The Wolf & the Ass
The Monkey & the Cat
The Dogs & the Fox
The Dogs & the Hides
The Rabbit, the Weasel & the Cat
The Bear & the Bees
The Fox & the Leopard
The Heron
The Cock & the Fox
The Dog in the Manger
The Wolf & the Goat
The Ass & the Grasshoppers
The Mule
The Fox & the Goat
The Cat, the Cock & the Young Mouse
The Wolf & the Shepherd
The Peacock & the Crane
The Farmer & the Cranes
The Farmer & His Sons
The Two Pots
The Goose & the Golden Egg
The Fighting Bulls & the Frog
The Mouse & the Weasel
The Farmer & the Snake
The Sick Stag
The Goatherd & the Wild Goats
The Spendthrift & the Swallow
The Cat & the Birds
The Dog & the Oyster
The Astrologer
Three Bullocks & a Lion
Mercury & the Woodman
The Frog & the Mouse
The Fox & the Crab
The Serpent & the Eagle
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The Bull & the Goat
The Eagle & the Beetle
The Old Lion & the Fox
The Man & the Lion
The Ass & the Lap Dog
The Milkmaid & Her Pail
The Wolf & the Shepherd
The Goatherd & the Goat
The Miser
The Wolf & the House Dog
The Fox & the Hedgehog
The Bat & the Weasels
The Quack Toad
The Fox Without a Tail
The Mischievous Dog
The Rose & the Butterfly
The Cat & the Fox
The Boy & the Nettle
The Old Lion
The Fox & the Pheasants
Two Travelers & a Bear
The Porcupine & the Snakes
The Fox & the Monkey
The Mother & the Wolf
The Flies & the Honey
The Eagle & the Kite
The Stag, the Sheep & the Wolf
The Animals & the Plague
The Shepherd & the Lion
The Dog & His Reflection
The Hare & the Tortoise
The Bees & Wasps & the Hornet
The Lark & Her Young Ones
The Cat & the Old Rat
The Fox & the Crow
The Ass & Its Shadow
The Miller, His Son & the Ass
The Ant & the Dove
The Man & the Satyr
The Wolf, the Kid & the Goat
The Swallow & the Crow
Jupiter & the Monkey
The Lion, the Ass & the Fox
The Lion's Share
The Mole & His Mother
The North Wind & the Sun
The Hare & His Ears
The Wolves & the Sheep
The Cock & the Fox
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Fisherman & the Little Fish
The Fighting Cocks & the Eagle