{"product_id":"ana-belen-rodriguez","title":"Ana Belén Rodríguez López","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAna Belén Rodríguez works at the intersection of botanical art, traditional craft and the passage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer journey began in a world seemingly far removed from the one she inhabits today: finance. It \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas a world concerned with things that often felt increasingly disconnected from the physical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworld.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEventually, she chose to return to something tangible.To the things that grow, fall, decay and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edisappear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAna Belén has always been drawn to what others overlook, a broken branch, a fallen leaf, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eflower past its prime. Where others might see waste or imperfection, she sees character, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emovement and beauty. Her practice is an act of paying attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter moving to New York in 2014, she found herself close to a growing movement of florists \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003equestioning the conventions of an industry increasingly dependent on imported flowers and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esynthetic materials. She concerned by the enormous waste generated by conventional floral \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epractice, from imported flowers to materials such as floral foam, Ana began developing a slower, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emore attentive approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday, she works primarily with locally grown flowers, foraged materials and discarded natural \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eelements, often allowing the material itself to determine the form. She incorporates techniques \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elearned from traditional craft communities around the world, transforming inherited knowledge \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einto new ways of working with botanical matter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer work is sculptural rather than simply floral.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAna divides her time between teaching at Madrid Flower School and her Madrid studio, where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshe creates sculptural installations for private clients and public spaces. She also serves on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eboard of Xtant, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and reimagining heritage craft knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTravel is an essential part of her practice. She seeks out traditional craft communities not simply \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto observe their techniques, but to learn from the ways knowledge is carried through hands, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ematerials and generations. She brings these encounters back into her own practice, allowing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethem to evolve into something new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of Ana's work is a quiet invitation to look again, to notice what we normally pass by, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eo find beauty in impermanence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anilaflowers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSee Ana's work here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flower House Mexico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67572584612130,"sku":null,"price":3550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/9756\/8034\/files\/Photo07-09-2023_225057.jpg?v=1792625309","url":"https:\/\/flowerhousemexico.com\/products\/ana-belen-rodriguez","provider":"Flower House Mexico","version":"1.0","type":"link"}