Fumi O

My work is stimulated by the transition in organic processes such as ephemeral forms and instability of colour in floral materials. I specifically preserve plant materials including petals, florets and leaves which are coated with specialist resins and reinforced with fibre glass. The application is repeated about 20 - 30 times depending on the nature and characteristics of materials. I then present flowers as objects.

Each stage of development of flowers - bud, bloom and fade - is impermanent yet beautiful. I aim to capture a moment of beauty and the eternal fragility of flora which I use as a metaphor for human existence. For me the images that I choose as subject matter suggest mortality and the transitory nature of life. The objects I produce with flowers imply the futility of human activity, and present my acceptance and embracement of natural progression and deterioration in both physical and emotional states.
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My work is a way of rendering my aesthetic appreciation of life, and I also strive to deliver the fundamental essence of nature through the sculptural artform.

2010 - University of Huddersfield, BA (Hons) Interdisciplinary Art & Design
(First class)
2007 – University of Hull, BA (Hons) Floral Design (First class)
2005 - Society of Floristry, Society of Floristry Diploma

2020 The English Art Co. Winter Exhibition II, Leeds
2019 - 2020 The English Art Co. Winter Exhibition I,
Leeds
2019 Symbol, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Beyond the Real, Cupola Gallery,
Sheffield
2018 - 2019 Sense of Place, White Room Gallery,
Sheffield
2018 - 2019 Inspired by Botany, Gallery Steel
Rooms, Brigg
2018 Artistry Christmas Market, Leeds City
Museum, Leeds
2018 Extraordinary Women Exhibition, All
Good Stuff, Sheffield
2018 I, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2017 - 2018 Unique Beauty, Cupola Gallery,
Sheffield
2017 Original 200, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
2016 Society of Designer Craftsmen
Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2015 - Spring Salon Exhibition, Candid Arts
Centre, London
- Society of Designer Craftsmen,
Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2014 Society of Designer Craftsmen
Exhibition, The Mall Gallery, London
2013 - 2014 By Hand Exhibition, Salford Muse...