Saturday, January 30, 2010

Ikebana Exhibition at Japanese Friendship Garden--Students' arrangements













(1), (2) Momoe

(3) Yuko

(4) Linda

(5), (6), (7) Sandy

(8) Janelle

(9) Wei

(10), (11), (12) Eileen

Ikebana Exhibition at Japanese Friendship Garden










I did total 7 arrangements.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Ikebana lessons 01/23/2010





(1) Sandy, dry materials (book4, lesson 13)

(2) Wei, view from below (book4, lesson 14)

(3) Jung Lee, free style (book1)

Friday, January 22, 2010

Ikebana lessons 01/22/2010








Materials: Momosa acacia, forsythia, rose

Spring

(1) Eileen, free style, contemporary ceramic container, dry curly willow (skin was removed)

(2) Yuko, basket arrangement

(3), (4) Janelle, small arrangement. She got the vase from Sogetsu headquarter on her recent trip to Japan.

(5) Thomas, basic upright moribana. Good job for his first ikebana lesson.

(6) Linda, No. 3 variation, upright, moribana. Pay close attention to the length of Hikae. It should be 3/4 of the length of Soe.