this is why

this is why i think that my ikebana teacher is the best in australia and i can only aspire to reach the levels of creativity that she has.  look at the amazing composition of the container, the materials, the background screens and the wooden poles to the side.
this was shown at the recent melboure international flower [...]

haircut ikebana

ive called this the haircut ikebana because of the fringe trimming that occured to get the straight lines. the vase is also new, from japan.

japonica

A couple of weeks ago this was a vase of brown sticks. When I arrived home from o/s small flowers had started to grow.  it’s an arrangement in progress as every day a new bud comes out or a leaf grows.

kawana sensei – ikebana master

 
and installation artist
i skipped work at the library yesterday (took and RDO) to attend an ikebana workshop led by master teacher and installation artist Tetsunori Kawana from Japan/NY. Apparently this guy is all about ‘passages’, where part of the whole ikebana experience is about not only viewing the arrangement, but also walking through it to see it [...]

this blog is turning into a nipponophile blog

i am aware that i am straying from library themes so this should be the last non shhhhhhhh entry for a while.  on my way to ikebana (flower arranging) this evening the bag containing my two new vases broke. one of the pair smashed into small pieces; the other broke into three pieces and is probably a salvagable so [...]