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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Ikebana: Lesson 6


Today's lesson is a traditional radial style called Hosha 放射型. This special radial style presents a strong impression. The first picture is my teacher's demo. Her arrangement is centralized (the tai consisting of 9 stems were arranged like a hill shape). There're 9 stems (horsetail) which made up the Tai, Gerbera were used for Yo and white carnations were used for Fuku.

I chose to arrange my display with a right-inclination (the stems were arranged from tallest to shortest in the direction from left to right.