What is a Kokedama?

ko·ke·da·ma

[Botany]

An ancient Japanese technique that involves working with plants by wrapping their root ball in moss. Based on the ancient Bonsai technique, in which the pot is replaced by a moss sphere.

It is the manual construction of shaping the roots of the plant and being able to suspend it.

The term means ball ( dama ) of moss ( koke ). Behind the construction of a Kokedama is the Japanese concept of wabi sabi, which can be translated as the appreciation of imperfection in nature and the acceptance of natural beauty. It is a contemplative art, symbolizing simplicity, beauty, imperfection, organicity, and nature.

The transformation of plants, through the reconversion of an ancient Japanese technique, which involves a sophisticated manual molding of the soil and its roots with a layer of moss - kokedamas - and its wrapping with wires, the result of which is an elegant and different alternative for suspending plants indoors or outdoors.

The particularity of kokedamas is related to the fact that they work with vegetation on a different level than usual - it allows the filling of internal and external spaces that are not usually occupied by plants.

Suspended at various levels, FIOS kokedama compositions gain more expression when there are more of them, that is, in sets.

There are countless possibilities for decorating interior spaces; we can “play” with the three-dimensionality of these installations and “spray” them throughout unused spaces.

FIOS Kokedamas are designed to be hung, but they can simply be placed on tables, shelves, windows, or even with our pyramids.

NOTE: Each product is handmade and that is why each one is unique.