Chocolate Cosmos, String of Pearls presents the dazzling mixed-media botanical collages of New York artist Jane Hammond. Alongside these collages, made over the last decade, the book features a foreword by gallerist John Berggruen, an extended essay by the award-winning biographer and historian Jenny Uglow and a new text by Hammond herself.

These illuminate more than fifty of Hammond’s meticulous and spectacular compositions of flowers, grasses, seaweed, seeds, insects, birds and mammals of all description, coexisting in a blend of harmony and unsettling tension. Each publication in the Hurtwood Artist & Gallery Series presents new, recent and selected works by a single artist working nationally and internationally today. Along with a foreword by an established art world professional, the series features specially commissioned essays and interviews with the artist by leading writers, art historians and curators, offering in- depth insight. Central to each publication are the exhibitions and galleries that help to spotlight some of the most engaging artists of today.