continuing with our week of favorites...today we are sharing books about flowers & gardening...enjoy!!
rinne:
simple ikebana inspiration here...rebecca & i love ikebana so much...(and, i am awaiting on the translation of this book title from rebecca's son zack (who knows japanese)...!
rinne:
i am a big gardener and this book was one of the first ones that i purchased for my library...eventhough the setting for derek jarman's garden is completely different than my own, i look at this book alot because i love his beautiful space and how he made the landscape his own.
rinne:
i have written about my love for this book before. i just love it.
rinne:
this book was in my family's library when i was little....it was written by a schoolteacher in nyc and encourages the reader to explore nature anywhere you can find it, be it a crack in the sidewalk or in a small city park. i have shared this book with many others, and its simple principle has encouraged all of us to explore nature with our children, even in the most urban of settings. it is always good to be reminded that there is so much to learn from right beneath our feet.
rinne:
like the above book, this book encourages us to find inspiration in unlikely places. in this instance, in the bolted, overgrown plants in our yard. i love the textures and forms in these wild plants.
rinne:
i am not normally drawn to cactus, but they pair perfectly here with the textures of adam silverman's amazing pottery.
rinne:
another ikebana book, this one from the 50's...'japanese flower arrangement'.
rinne:
another inspiring book that embraces the beauty of flowers.
rinne:
this is hands down one of the most important books in my collection, because seeing the 2004 exhibition that went along with it inspired me to start making light drawings again.
rebecca:
i love to study japanese flower arranging, the history and the styles. 'arranging flowers' is a wonderful guide to the history and styles of arranging. there are spectacular color pictures of huge arrangements as only the japanese can do. highly recommended.
rebecca:
this book was written at the end of the 1800's by the first westerner to really study ikebana. so much wonderful info concerning appropriate flowers for different occasions, as well as appropriate arrangements for all the different parties they had, like moon viewing parties,incense parties,flower arranging parties, and poetry parties. i love the picture of the couple entering the tea room to observe the ikebana!
