Art Hub 7 - RILEY'S CIDERY - 620 Laura Road, Bowen Island, BC
Medium: Floristry/ Floral Art
Website: ordinarymatter.ca
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Email: iryna.ivanenko@gmail.com
My passion for flowers started with blue cornflowers, which grew wild in the golden wheat fields of my grandmother’s farm, in rural Ukraine. I cherish the memories of me, as a highly-sensitive and introverted child, collecting these flowers to make my first hand-tied bouquets. Additionally, my explorations of topics such as the cycle of life and climate emergency have played a significant role in shaping my artistic perspective.
After years of working in the commercial floral industry, I felt disheartened by its relentless pace and emphasis on quantity over quality. I witnessed enormous waste, unsustainable practices, inadequate compensation, unhealthy working conditions, and flowers turning into mere commodities.
Ordinary Matter is my vision to practice floristry with integrity as an independent, niche florist with an aim to honor the medium (flowers) and myself as an artist.
Ordinary Matter is a celebration of beauty that lies in the raw, untamed and ordinary.
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