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What chrysanthemum exactly, does anyone know?
Taylor Patterson shares step-by-step instructions for creating an Ikebana-style arrangement that celebrates autumn's colors
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Taylor Patterson shares step-by-step instructions for creating an Ikebana-style arrangement that celebrates autumn's colors
École Koryu Shotokai School Montréal Chapter Head Mistress Kazuko Tanaka Ikebana Artist: Mona Domond
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Waxing moon ikebana (slanting variation no.4): Japanese maple and white Chrysanthemum in moon vase.
Three weeks ago I showed the image below of the 'shop window' installation at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, by Toula and Betty Karanikolopoulos, members of the Victorian Branch of the Sogetsu School. I had failed to register at the time that they had been awarded a fourth place for their very striking design. Last Tuesday I attended the monthly meeting of Ikebana International in Melbourne, our capital city. A workshop was held with the theme of Autumn grasses. There was a wonderful variety of interpretations, from the naturalistic to the expressionistic, of this traditional ikebana motif. The first image is of the demonstration example created on the day by Lee Johnstone. Next by Elizabeth Angell. Emily Karanikolopoulos, Robyn Unglik, Toula Karanikolopoulos, Glenys Beissel. I would like to draw your attention to the right-hand column of this blog. I have recently added images from all of the last nine years of collaborative exhibitions of ceramics and ikebana at Qdos Gallery in Lorne. Click on the link under the heading Qdos Exhibitions. Also I have created a link to the Nordic Lotus blog of Lennart Persson who is a Sogetsu practitioner in Oslo, Norway. I recommend his blog for the excellence of his personal explorations into the history and meaning of ikebana. Greetings from Christopher 13th April 2013
This week I attended the first meeting of Ikebana International (Melbourne) for 2015. Members are encouraged to create ikebana at the meetings, according to a particular theme. February's theme was 'Memories of Summer Holidays'. I have lived in the seaside town of Torquay, Victoria since childhood and so the first thing that springs to my mind of summer holidays is the beach. However, I learnt a long time ago that a beach is more than sand, water and sunshine. On the exposed cliff tops are wonderful works of nature as you can see below. In this photo, above, at the edge of the low cliff is a clump of silver-grey cushion bush * (leucophyta brownii). On the sand dunes is found marram grass *(Ammophila), a species from the coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean, that has now naturalised in many parts of the world where it has been used to 'stabilise' sand dunes. I took the photo above on the east coast of Tasmania in 2011. Also on the cliff face are found Moona trees (Melaleuca lanceoleta), a low growing tree that develops remarkably twisting branches in the prevailing winds that are a climatic feature of this region. At the I. I. meeting I was given the task of explaining my interpretation of the theme and demonstrating how I created my ikebana to express my ideas about the theme. First I had to create a support fixture so that a Moona branch 'floated' across the top of the vase. In this instance I used a single length of dowel at a 45 degree angle into the vase that rested on the lip of the opening and which I inserted into the branch. Then I added carefully bundled groups of Cushion Bush, followed by the seed heads of Marram Grass that I had wired together. A photo of me at the end of the demonstration. Here is a link to more images on the Ikebana International Melbourne * blog. Above is my first version of this ikebana that I made at home to ensure that the 'mechanics' would hold up and that my ideas were appropriately expressed. The vase is wood-fired ceramic with a shino glaze made by Sergio Sill, a New South Wales potter. The red colour of the glaze has a hot dry, Australian summer feel. Greetings from Christopher 14th February 2015 * Click on the coloured text for further information
Designed by Hiroe Takahashi - Ikebana design remains the creative property of the designer
Designed by Caroline Gueugnon - Ikebana design remains the creative property of the designer
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École Koryu Shotokai School Montréal Chapter Head Mistress Kazuko Tanaka Ikebana Artist: Madeleine Murphy
Practising the art of Ikebana - vintage photo from Japan I like the Zen aesthetic of Ikebana flower arrangements where space is as important as the detail. The graceful, clean lines are given room to express their elegance and the favoured asymmetrical forms reinforce the dynamic. Silence was traditionally a prerequisite for practising Ikebana and the Zen masters valued it as a contemplative art form. The art of Ikebna has been taught for over 450 years. Instead of an array of colourful flower petals, Ikebana often highlights only two or three flowers combined with other parts of the plant,
Designed by Louisette Deneault - Ikebana design remains the creative property of the designer
Ikebana artist: Kazuko Tanaka - Head Mistrice - Montréal Chapter - École Koryu Shotokai - Ikebana designs remain the property of their creator
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What chrysanthemum exactly, does anyone know?
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