Insect/Orchid was made in response to a residency funded by the Copyright Agency in the Rare Books and Special Collections of Barr Smith Library at University of Adelaide. During this residency, the librarians presented Valamanesh the wonderful collection of the botanical illustrations produced by Rosa Fiveash for Richard S Rogers' research into South Australian orchids. Fiveash is regarded as one of Australia's foremost botanic illustrators, and contributed illustrations to Rogers' studies for over 30 years.

At first, I was looking at anatomical and botanical illustration in general but later focused on everything they had relating to orchids. I guess the attraction for me is that orchids look somewhat anatomical and also the illustrations tend to dissect the plant or flower into separate parts with views from different angles and stages of the flower.