Work in progress - cardboard cut-outs are inspired by ancient Assyrian carvings of winged human figures pollinating palm trees.
Blue gloves used by scientists researching plants resemble diagrams of chromosomes separating during plant growth.
Blue stains used in microscope slides reveal plant embryos developing within a seed, mysterious and alien until they emerge in more recognisable forms.
Thanks to Sarah Wilmot at the Library and Archives of the John Innes Centre, known as a centre of excellence for plant and microbial science.