okawa-shunsetsu

Arranging carbonized plants

Plantscarbonization
RE-CREATION

Dans le moment où le feu dévorait le végétal transfiguré en lumière,
Madame Okawa a choisi d’interrompre la combustion. Désormais, la forme préservée de la plante,parée sous la lampe de reflets scintillants, est accessible aux rêves.
Gabriel Bergounioux
(linguiste, professeur des universités à Orléans)

As the fire was burning down the plant transfigured into light, Mrs. Okawa chose to put out the flame.
Since then, the preserved shape of the plant, adorned under the lamp with sparkling reflections,
has been accessible to the dream.
Gabriel Bergounioux
linguist, Professor (University of Orleans)

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RE-CREATION
Flawless series


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Dans le moment où le feu dévorait le végétal transfiguré en lumière,
Madame Okawa a choisi d’interrompre la combustion. Désormais, la forme préservée de la plante,parée sous la lampe de reflets scintillants, est accessible aux rêves.
Gabriel Bergounioux
(linguiste, professeur des universités à Orléans)

As the fire was burning down the plant transfigured into light, Mrs. Okawa chose to put out the flame.
Since then, the preserved shape of the plant, adorned under the lamp with sparkling reflections,
has been accessible to the dream.
Gabriel Bergounioux
linguist, Professor (University of Orleans)

RE-CREATION

A plant which spreads its seeds when
stimulated by the flames of a forest fire.
ーBanksiaー
Shoots begin to appear from the seeds after
the forest fire goes out.
One day I discovered a plant which had
been burned, and I was inspired to arrange
carbonized plants.
After the living plants have been displayed
and enjoyed as Ikebana, I remove,
carbonize, and re-arrange them as a new
experience


Flawless series

Homemade floss-silk using cocoons that are not suitable for high-quality silk thread.

I was born in the family managing a silk mill. And this series is based on my feelings for family works.

Space decoration/collaboration

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OKAWA Shunsetsu

The beautiful figure of my grandmother arranging flowers has stayed in my mind for a long time and inspired me to start Ikebana. The head of my school, TESHIGAHARA Hiroshi, always instructed us to “look for your own materials.” While diligently studying Ikebana with his instruction in my mind, I encountered wild Banksia growing in Australia. Seeing the plant burned by wild fires, and experiencing organic shades of black that I didn’t think could exist in the world of plants, I was engulfed in the wonder of nature. From that time on, I started arranging “carbonized plants”. The process of straining to hear the voices of plants and give them expression in our realm is a collaboration between person and plant, regardless of whether the plant is alive or carbonized. I don’t throw away, but carbonize, the plants I arranged alive. The transformed appearances of the plants fuel both their RE-CREATION and my search for a unique world.