Floral Installations by Makoto Azuma
Makoto Azuma (born in 1976 in Japan) came to Tokyo in 1997 to make his debut in a rock band with four members. While engaged in the band activities, he started to work as a trader in Ota Market, one of the biggest markets of flowers in Japan. Becoming increasingly attracted by flowers, he took charge of a flower shop in a supermarket in Azabu-Juban in 1999. In 2001 he opened an haute-couture flower shop named JARDINS des FLEURS with Shunsuke Shiinoki.
His works are different to the others which all respect the format of arrangement. Azuma is interested in “making flowers/plants more alive” than they really are. However, his works do not result only in expressing their beauty. The term “beauty” here means the surface beauty. His viewpoint of completely accepting flowers/plants even as they start to rot, and not ignoring the “death” behind the “life” is at the heart of his work.
The photographer Shunsuke Shiinoki, whom Azuma describes as his “right-hand man”, has captured his creations since 2002.Their latest work can be found in a new book, Encyclopaedia of Flower II is filled with breath-taking floral arrangements. Follow him on Tumblr. via
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