the Flowers XS

In 1993 I went to Tokyo for the presentation of my “Table No 1” at the Tokyo Furniture Fair. My winning entry for the Asahikawa International Furniture Competition was also on display. It was there that I discovered TENSHI-SAI by Nobuyoshi Araki and bought the book. I still enjoy the pictures of the flowers: the colors in particular are amazing.

Some years ago I got interested in digital photography and printing. I wondered if I could produce the same intense colors like the flowers in Araki’s book. Photographing flowers was the only way to find out so I made endless pictures of flowers of every color.

I used many flowers but ended up with hortensias because of their colors and the shape of their leaves. The final idea is to make large intensely colored prints for an installation.