Create a Miniature Garden in Glass〈Indoarium / Ice Block〉

Overview
In this workshop, participants will create a mysterious miniature landscape inside a glass container using 1:50 scale architectural model furniture and preserved flowers — a space that exists somewhere between a garden and a room.

Preserved flowers are often used as “trees” in architectural models. In this workshop, we expand that approach by incorporating more floral varieties not typically used in model-making, resulting in a surreal, dreamlike miniature world.

The glass container is shaped like an “ice block,” created using an ice tray mold.
Through this landscape-based interior styling experience, participants will take home a small, mysterious world to display in their own space.

Workshop Fee
5,000 JPY

Capacity
Up to 6 participants

Duration
2 hours (16:00–18:00)

Venue
Picaresque
B1, 2-11-6 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Artist
okamoto barba nami
Using architectural modeling techniques, the artist creates works centered on space, furniture, and scale.
Her practice explores architectural models—objects originally designed for presentation—by opening them up between the everyday and the realm of art.

Current Exhibition
“corpo tales” Solo Exhibition
April 29 (Wed) – May 10 (Sun), 2026
Picaresque

Furniture as a device that evokes scale, time, and lived space.
By combining furniture models with “objects” and “spaces,” new meanings emerge.
This exhibition explores “fairy tales” as a theme, reconstructing spatial fragments drawn from memory, story, and imagination.

Artist Instagram
@okamotonami

Workshop Flow
1. Select components
Choose one of three planter shapes and select furniture.
2. Create the base planter
Plant selected greenery into your chosen container.
3. Landscaping process
Trim, adjust, and arrange plants to shape the landscape.
4. Final composition
Place furniture and complete your miniature space.

Materials Provided
-Planters
Small round / round / oval (medium size)

-Furniture (choose one set)
Sofa (2 types available)
or
Chair + small sideboard

-Preserved Flowers
Baby’s breath, star flower, crispum, florentina, peacock grass, etc.
(Combinations are flexible)

Note: Flower types may vary depending on seasonal availability.

Size
Glass container: approx. 5 cm cube

Notes
While we take care to avoid major defects, minor imperfections such as soot marks, scratches, or surface irregularities may occur due to the nature of the glass material.

Options
Glass size upgrade (5 cm → 6 cm): +500 JPY
-Furniture upgrade: from +300 JPY
-Additional furniture:
Chair: from 1,000 JPY
Side table: 500 JPY
Planter / vase: 250 JPY
Some options allow participants to place small objects (books, tumblers, etc.) depending on size capacity.
Options are limited in availability.