Flower petal art

Inspired by the ancient and traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement—Ikebana—Montreal-based artist and photographer Raku Inoue creates colorful portraits of insects and other animals using natural art materials only - flowers, twigs, leaves, and stems from his garden. Each and every one of these beautiful animals is unique as he chooses his materials according to the seasons and what nature offers during them. Scroll down with Bored Panda’s interview with the artist!

For this issue, numbered 8, Fool Magazine focuses their gaze toward the land of the rising sun. They visited the country several times in order to understand their philosophies and gain their trust. In Japan, you don't just walk in… I was tasked to produce three images for an article inside this issue. "Visions of Japan" was written by three world renown chefs: Andoni Luis Aduriz, Thomas Frebel and the last but certainly not the least, Sean Brock.

Inspired by the ancient and traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement—Ikebana—Montreal-based artist and photographer Raku Inoue creates colorful portraits of insects and other animals using natural art materials only - flowers, twigs, leaves, and stems from his garden. Each and every one of these beautiful animals is unique as he chooses his materials according to the seasons and what nature offers during them. Scroll down with Bored Panda’s interview with the artist!

Inspired by the ancient and traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement—Ikebana—Montreal-based artist and photographer Raku Inoue creates colorful portraits of insects and other animals using natural art materials only - flowers, twigs, leaves, and stems from his garden. Each and every one of these beautiful animals is unique as he chooses his materials according to the seasons and what nature offers during them. Scroll down with Bored Panda’s interview with the artist!

The Department of Extraordinary Upcycling loves these insects made of real flower petals and leaves created and photographed by Montreal-based multi-disciplinary artist Raku Inoue for a series...

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What great ideas to use rose petals from Valentine's Day, a wedding or an anniversary to create crafts, gifts or special keepsakes! These 10 rose petal craft ideas using dried rose petals would work with other flowers too.