My name is Ding Fengru, I started doing flower arrangement since 2013
I bought a book of Mr.Kawase
Which collects the flower arrangement work at his 30s and 40s
I was touched
I am an interior designer
And my coworkers upstairs make money within our scope of business
While I spend more time on flower arrangement
I prefer natural materials
It may has something to do with my background – growing up in the countryside
I’m at my happiest when I’m in the mountains
People can hardly enjoy themselves with the mountain me
I know the time and place
Where flowers blossom
And I’d go see them
The recent flower is lotus
I don’t just snip it off
Instead I observe
The natural living habitat of the bloom
This is the source of my creation
School is a circle
The rules of shape and color
Are trammels one imposes on himself
There is a painting in the Taipei National Museum
A monk staring at a bowl
Two flowers grow out of the bowl
That is the ultimate pursuit of flower arrangement
Underneath was a garage
In 18 days we transformed it into a show room/studio
Where vases are put on display
And I arrange flowers in the studio
The studio is named “Shun” (the blink of an eye)
Flower from stem to vase
Is the blink of an eye
We from zero to eighty, is also the blink of an eye
I prefer pottery clay vases
They are simple, down to earth
I have about 500 vases
The most expensive one is a copper bottle I bought 7 or 8 years ago
It cost over 50 thousand
I begged the owner for more than two years
Before he agreed to sell
The price should have gone up now
A lot of the vases I bought are worn-out or broken
Mostly because they are cheaper
Hundreds of years ago
It was broken fresh out of the kiln
Never shined once
This is a fragment from an old Japanese kiln
I installed a rack on the back
So that it can hang on the wall
This one is an ancient pot
From the Warring States Time
The bottom burst
By the arrangement of flowers
We turn the flawed part
Into a beautiful piece of art
People found it strange when I bought them
But when they saw the finished work
In my Wechat moment
They would raise the price next time
Some would tell me
After they saw my work
That they had had a rough day
But my flower arrangement made them feel better
Today a guy I never met
Posted a moment and mentioned me
He said that the city of Ningbo became more artistic because of me
Then I commented
Please mention the mayor
And ask him if I can be granted an certificate to legally snip off flowers
Flower arrangement was brought to Japan from China
And it bloomed in Japan
I hope that through our effort
In this fleeting moment
It can be carried forward more or less