🌸 [m e t a n o i a] is an experimental flower boutique on the blockchain. It’s an interactive collection where the collector gets to choose the properties and rarities in the photos, just like choosing a bouquet of flowers.

Think of it as entering a flower shop. There are some ready-made bouquets but you also have the choice to create your own flower arrangement.

This collection consists of 12 1 on 1 images minted through Manifold Studios on Foundation.

🌸 How it works:

• BUY NOW is set at 0.2 ETH and the minted NFT will be yours.

• START AN AUCTION at the Reserve Price of 0.35 ETH and you unlock different options on what to do with your NFT.

  Buying at auction enables you to create a customised flower bouquet.

🌸 How is a customised bouquet created?

Each collector who wins an auction for [m e t a n o i a] will be sent a token gated link. Using the token will lead to a form with instructions for creating their very own customised bouquet.

The collector will be able to choose some of the rarities, like flowers and different color sets, a new NFT will be created with the collector's choices as new customised image.

🌸 What happens next?

The customised photo can both be replaced in-place of the previously purchased NFT with guarantee that they don’t have to accept the piece if they don’t like it with one free edit or minted as a new piece.

🌸 How [m e t a n o i a] has come to life?

I think in NFTs they idea of being surprised from what you mint is exciting in generative PFP projects, waiting for it to reveal but what if you could choose the rarities in photography as well and be surprised by it anyway?

Inspired by generative art, and how you can transform the NFTs tokens and change them can turn one collection into something completely different in the future. I photographed this collection with different light colors and completely in the dark, completely opposing myself to the way I’ve always photographed “in natural light”.

It was exactly on July first when I had already announced I’d be dropping my collection on the day and this idea of a flower-shop poped into my head, this simple collection of flowers can turn into something more fun and exciting.

But then there was the question on HOW to do it?

After many different ideas on how to move forwards, I came up with a system to create and mint a whole new collection as tokens to a custom created photograph, so if a collector wants to buy a flower NFT they will have the option to either buy the NFT and keep it or buy it at a slightly higher price to create a new NFT.

I wanted this collection to be more like an experience than just a transaction between collectors and artists, and for collectors to actually participate and collaborate with us and it will be something unpredictable, and become co-creators the collection I’ve minted today will probably look something completely different in a month or two!

As this collection and body of work started with an experiment, I decided to continue it as an experiment, an interactive body of work that will change through time, I’m very excited to start and experiment, mirror will be my ongoing blog about the progress of [m e t a n o i a], thank you for reading and following me through this new experience!

🌸 Taimaz