Botan
“Botan is the peony. I wanted no other lamp than this flower: the light starts at its heart, in that creamy white where the orange stamens crowd together,…
€800 — Popsan
“Botan is the peony. I wanted no other lamp than this flower: the light starts at its heart, in that creamy white where the orange stamens crowd together, and rises towards the face. It touches the closed eyelids, the bridge of the nose, the mouth, then comes back down to the fingers holding the stem. After that, it is night, a blue that is almost black, into which the kimono melts. I love that moment when you close your eyes to breathe something in more fully, as if sight were in the way. The petals shade from deep pink at the edges to white at the centre, and I wanted you to feel the urge to lean in as close as she does. On the fabric, the golden bamboo leaves still catch a little of that…
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