![]() This book gives you all the basic information needed to create these lovely gardens using many different types of plants-from flowering trees to ferns to grasses and cacti. Also available from Tuttle Publishing Moss Ball Bonsai Plant, soil mixture, moss, twine-that’s all you need to create the bonsai known as a koke (moss) dama (ball). ![]() His shop Isso, located inside Tokyo’s Nishiogi Department Store, is a combination café and interior design consultancy that also sells mini bonsai and kokedama. After garnering considerable experience in the sale and distribution of bonsai, particularly with flowers and wild grasses, he opened a mini bonsai and kokedama shop in 1999. Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.07in - 0.US$16.99 Moss Ball BONSAI Satoshi Sunamori is a residential garden designer, Kusabonsai (“grass bonsai”) artist and gardening instructor. ![]() In other words, it's a celebration of the raw, the unrefined, and the human Book Details Wabi-sabi is a flower in full bloom, a delicate crack in a handmade bowl, a well-loved book, an oddly shaped (but delicious) homegrown tomato, a falling leaf, or a kokedama displayed in an asymmetrical manner. Sabi is the grace and peace that come with maturity and experience. Wabi is the quality of simplicity, whether rustic or refined, and often refers to both natural and manmade items, though a direct Western translation of the spirit of this philosophy does not exist. The Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, which celebrates the world's inherent imperfection, can be seen in the practice of kokedama. Kokedama, or "poor man's bonsai," are a wider category of low-maintenance plant and display options. It originated when members of Japan's lower socioeconomic classes sought out ways to incorporate bonsai's aesthetics into their daily lives without breaking the bank. ![]() Kokedama, or "moss ball" (koke = moss, dama = ball), is a type of bonsai that has been practiced for centuries. ![]()
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