John Meade with Emily Karanikolopoulos, Love flower, 2019, foundry cast aluminium, carbon fibre, optic light, paint, solar panel, 1000 x 900 x 600 cm. Southern Way McClelland Commission 2019. Photo Andrew Curtis.
Emily Karanikolopoulos
Emily Karinikopolous has been practising Ikebana – the Japanese art of flower arrangement – for several decades. She is a proponent of the Sogetsu School, a form of Ikebana which encourages the development of one’s personal style and a creative, contemporary approach. The Sogetsu School was founded in 1927 by Sofu Teshigahara, who believed that Ikebana practice should not be constrained by strict rules about materials and form.