Introducing Ikebana

My current interest is Ikebana 生け花 (fresh flower arrangement), which is a Japanese art of flower arranging. i am learning the art from Ms Tomoko Ueda who specializes in the Mishoryu (未生流) school of Ikebana. My lessons cover both traditional and modern styles of floral arrangement.

I'll be putting up pictures of my class assignments as i progress in this course.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Freestyle Moribana 色彩鲜花(自由形)


My last assignment for this term: Freestyle Moribana 色彩鲜花(自由形)using pine branches and chrysanthemums (yellow and purple).

Friday, April 18, 2008

Centerpiece

This week's arrangement is a basket arrangement (centerpiece) using a variety of flowers. The focus is on color groupings (white & red).

centrepiece

Friday, April 11, 2008

Nageire 個性瓶花(斜型)

nageire

Saturday, April 5, 2008

L-shaped arrangement

L-shaped arrangementThis week, i did another L-shaped arrangement on a taller vase. Flowers used are pink roses and lily for focal point.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Kakubana 格花--五行格(ごぎょうかく)

Kakubana-五行格 This week's lesson is advanced Kakubana using Cypress branches to depict the five elements in nature (五行格). A daunting task for me as i grappled with my limited Japanese - trying to understand the Japanese description of the various branches and their meaning in this arrangement.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Cascading bouquet

This week's lesson: cascading style bouquet of eustoma and ivy.

cascading bouquet

Thursday, March 13, 2008

色彩いけばな Moribana

Last week's lesson: 動勢(movements)


Another arrangement: