Biomorphism In Organic Art

Biomorphism is an art movement that began in the 20th century. It is the attempt to force naturally occurring shapes into functional devices, for example a chair that mimics the pattern of a certain plant or a staircase that mimics the shell of a snail. Biomorphism copies the natural shapes and objects found in nature and turns them into, or replicates them into functional devices that we use in our everyday lives. Nature is one of the main sources of inspiration when it comes to designing things, it is absolutely fascinating that these shapes and patterns are genuinely natural and that there was no interference from man in the shaping of them, for example, the perfect spiral of a fern or a snails shell. Humans find this natural form of patterns extremely influential and therefore we try to mimic what we see in nature and we try to make manmade objects seem as natural as we possibly can.
A fantastic example of the way in which biomorphism has been mimicked is by Antoni

The word “bio” means life and the word “morphic” means transformation, in an art sense it is a focusof power on the natural life and use of organic shapes. Many sculptures are based on characteristics seen in nature, although many artworks are surreal, biomorphism can be seen in organic art. Organic art consists of art made purely from natural resources, a good example of this is when artists make use of sand as a material for their art work.
Biomorphic designers and artists have made it clear that using nature as inspiration is a sustainable and innovative way of designing. Nature is a, hopefully, forever lasting resource that we will always be able to use as inspiration for not only design but other aspects of life. We have made use of many different characteristics from nature and amimals and as scientists are discovering new species of nature there is more and more insporation for