In its gloriously luxe pages, Punk Ikebana deconstructs our modern perceptions of floral design. Louesa carefully weaves a new narrative, foraging and gleaning flora from California's always-evolving landscapes. Her arrangements and installations unite the cultural wisdom and elegance of the Japanese perspective with California’s exhilarating freedom from convention. Aligning her deep commitment to the environment with her love of foraging, gleaning, and sourcing locally, Louesa offers this very simple mantra: if you only forage, glean, or source local and micro-seasonal flora, you’ll have a perfectly symbiotic and harmonious practice, one that is intrinsically whole and abundant, full of more yeses than nos.
Louesa will demonstrate a foraged installation and follow with an audience Q & A and signing.