Joe Horner, known as Flower Blocks, is a UK-based photographer and visual artist who works primarily with flowers. He arranges flowers, often in dense concentration, into surreal photographic compositions that push the organic form of each bloom into unexpected territory. For Horner the process is also personal and therapeutic, a way of processing anxiety through the act of collecting and arranging flowers.
Horner's practice traces to his upbringing with a mother who was an avid gardener. Her encouragement to take flowers out of their usual context and observe how they reacted set him on his creative path. He holds a Fine Art degree from Chelsea School of Art. In an interview published in 2023, he said his current practice began around 2018, when he found he had written “Freeze Some Flowers” in a notebook.
