Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 98

We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!

Here’s how it works:

We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:

Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet

Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy

Quote of the week…

“Creativity in this world is the key to survival.”

— Jack Black in A Minecraft Movie

Inspiration of the week: Fujiwo Ishimoto

Fujiwo Ishimoto (b. 1941) is a Japan-born ceramic artist and textile designer, best known for the patterns he created for Marimekko. Ishimoto first encountered Maija Isola’s designs in Tokyo in the 1960s, and they made such a strong impression on him that he decided to travel to Finland to learn more about Marimekko and Finnish design. He began working at Marimekko in 1974. As a ceramic artist, he started at the Arabia Art Department in 1989.

Ishimoto draws inspiration from the surrounding nature and its phenomena. His restrained visual language is paired with lively surface textures and rich ornamentation. He has received numerous awards, including the Finnish State Award for Industrial Art, the Kaj Franck Design Prize, and Honorable mentions at the Finland Designs exhibition in 1983, 1989 and 1993. In 2011, he was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal. His ceramic and textile works have been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions, and he has also designed sets and costumes for opera productions.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Lynn Whipple

Peter Bankov is a man of many things. Founder and creative director of Design Depot — one of the leading design studios in Russia — that’s Bankov. Publisher and editor-in-chief of [Kak) — the first Russian magazine on graphic design — this is him as well. Winner of numerous awards in Italy, US, and Russia — that is also him. Artist whose art is in private collections and museums in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Finland — Bankov again.

He is all those things and more, but most of all Peter Bankov is the man of the poster. He is a true proponent of the art. He is almost addicted to posters. So much so that for the last 9 years, he has been keeping a creative diary of sorts — he literally makes a poster a day. This ever growing collection of artworks has now exploded into a treasure trove of over 1000 posters.