Koji Arai is one of those people who discover their vocation and great passion in life by chance. When he took a job in a flower shop in Sao Paolo, he did it mainly out of practical necessity and to improve his level of Portuguese. The man could barely tell a tulip from a rose, let alone tie a bouquet. There was not much time to teach him the special tricks and finer points of flower arranging, so Koji Arai learned the trade mainly by stealing with his eyes. He turned out to be an exceptional talent. His love for plants, flowers and floral design grew into an obsession. Back in Japan, he became floral designer and product developer at Dai-ichi Engei. The designs in this book, however, are not related to his professional work. The Eternal Flower is his declaration of love to flowers. With this book, he wants to give a voice to the beauty of their colours, their wonderful eccentricity, their shapes, their life and death, their fragility and elegance and cherish and preserve them for eternity. Koji Arai puts his talent at the service of his beloved flowers, hoping to move as many people as possible with their unique individuality. Something he does with great mastery and bravura.
INSPIRING IKEBANA
€29.95Inspiring Ikebana is het vervolg op Exploring Ikebana, het eerste boek van de wereldberoemde ikebana-kunstenaar Ilse Beunen. Meer dan 40 prachtige ikebana-creaties, zowel in traditionele als in moderne stijl, worden rijkelijk geïllustreerd met gedetailleerde stap voor stap-foto’s van het creatieve proces. Makkelijk te volgen en met garantie op een schitterend eindresultaat!