COLLECTED・PRESSED・DESIGNED・ONE OF ONE
My name is Amiyah Michaeli Menashe. I am the founder of One of One —
a botanical art studio based in the hills outside Jerusalem.
I collect wildflowers by hand, dry them using a traditional pressing technique, and compose them into works of art on paper, fabric, glass, and clay. Each composition is made once. It will never be repeated.
This technique has deep roots. About 150 years ago, artisans in the Land of Israel created pressed flower albums with olive wood covers — albums that became one of the earliest souvenir traditions from this land. My work continues that tradition, in a new form. I preserve both the flowers themselves and the rare old craft that holds them.
The flowers come from the Jerusalem hills.
The protected species among them were grown in my private wildflower garden, from seeds and seedlings I planted myself.
Before I became a botanical artist, I spent 14 years as an architect in Jerusalem, after studying architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. The most meaningful project I worked on was the archaeological restoration and preservation of the ancient port of Caesarea — a project built entirely on delicate handwork, uncovering layers of history one at a time.
That experience shaped how I work today. The patience. The attention to the smallest detail. The understanding that something fragile can carry the weight of centuries.
Over the past three years I have built a personal herbarium — a botanical collection of wildflowers gathered mostly from the hills and valleys near my home. Spring brings anemones, cyclamen, and lupines. Summer turns the hills gold with wild mustard and thistle. Each season offers different flowers, different colors, different compositions.
Every piece I create is a meeting point: between a flower and a surface, between nature and design, between something fleeting and something that lasts.
Each work ships with a Certificate of Origin documenting the flowers used, the location where they were collected, and the date.
For more of my story, read my interview with IOTA, part of their Women's
Stories series.
If you're interested in a commission, a collaboration, or carrying this work in your shop, please reach out oneofone.flora@gmail.com.
Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist
My name is Amiyah Michaeli Menashe. I am the founder of One of One — a botanical art studio based in the hills outside Jerusalem. I collect wildflowers by hand, dry them using a traditional pressing technique, and compose them into works of art on paper, fabric, glass, and clay. Each composition is made once. It will never be repeated.
This technique has deep roots. About 150 years ago, artisans in the Land of Israel created pressed flower albums with olive wood covers — albums that became one of the earliest souvenir traditions from this land. My work continues that tradition, in a new form. I preserve both the flowers themselves and the rare old craft that holds them.
The flowers come from the Jerusalem hills.
The protected species among them were grown in my private wildflower garden, from seeds and seedlings I planted myself.
Before I became a botanical artist, I spent 14 years as an architect in Jerusalem, after studying architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. The most meaningful project I worked on was the archaeological restoration and preservation of the ancient port of Caesarea — a project built entirely on delicate handwork, uncovering layers of history one at a time.
That experience shaped how I work today. The patience. The attention to the smallest detail. Theunderstanding that something fragile can carry the weight of centuries.
Over the past three years I have built a personal herbarium — a botanical collection of wildflowers gathered mostly from the hills and valleys near my home. Spring brings anemones, cyclamen, and lupines. Summer turns the hills gold with wild mustard and thistle. Each season offers different flowers, different colors, different compositions.
Every piece I create is a meeting point: between a flower and a surface, between nature and design, between something fleeting and something that lasts. Each work ships with a Certificate of Origin documenting the flowers used, the location where they were collected, and the date. For more of my story, read my interview with IOTA, part of their Women's Stories series. If you're interested in a commission, a collaboration, or carrying this work in your shop, please reach out oneofone.flora@gmail.com.
