Preserved Flower Art Piece "Keshikifu"

A landscape in stone, set in motion by scent

A scene that exists nowhere — brought into a room through flowers and fragrance.
KESHIKIFU — "landscape wind" — begins with a piece of volcanic pumice stone collected from Sakurajima, Kagoshima. Into its porous surface, colored dried flowers and preserved botanicals are planted one by one, building a scene: a hillside, a meadow, a terrain that has no name. The stone sits comfortably in two hands. The flowers hold their form for approximately one year.

The scent completes what the eye begins.
Each piece comes with a 5ml blend of essential oils, composed by a perfumer to match the mood of the landscape. A single drop on the stone is enough — the fragrance rises slowly, like a breeze moving through the scene in front of you. Six scent variants are available, each named for a type of wind and built from Japanese botanical ingredients: yuzu, hinoki, and rose in 色風 (Color Wind); shiso, plumeria, and linden in 彩風 (Blush Wind); shell ginger, kaffir lime leaf, and jasmine in 爽風 (Lush Wind); Iyokan citrus, iris, and marigold in 光風 (Light Wind); Japanese iris, water parsley, and galbanum in 静風 (Rainy Wind); magnolia, bergamot, and camphor in 愁風 (Ripe Wind).

The maker: Norihiko Kamei / AME
Kamei is a visual artist and ikebana master based in Kita-Kamakura. He graduated from Tokyo Zokei University Graduate School in 2007 and holds a teaching certification in the Sogetsu school of ikebana. His work has been exhibited in the Netherlands, France, and Germany. AME — his art product brand — is built on the idea of compressing natural landscapes into objects small enough to hold. KESHIKIFU adds a dimension his earlier works did not have: the landscape now has a smell.

Stone color, shape, and flower arrangement vary by piece and will differ from the product photographs. This is not a defect — it is how the work is made.

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Specifications

Stone: irregular form, approx. 3.1 – 4.3 in (80 – 110 mm) across
Box: W 4.7 × D 3.9 × H 3.1 in (120 × 100 × 80 mm)
Materials: Volcanic pumice stone (Kagoshima), dried flowers, preserved flowers
Includes: Flower stone, blended essential oil 5 ml (approx. 130 drops)
Display life: Approx. 1 year
Scent variants:
色風 Color Wind — yuzu, hinoki, rose
彩風 Blush Wind — shiso, plumeria, linden
爽風 Lush Wind — shell ginger, kaffir lime leaf, jasmine
光風 Light Wind — Iyokan citrus, iris, marigold
静風 Rainy Wind — Japanese iris, water parsley, galbanum
愁風 Ripe Wind — magnolia, bergamot, camphor