Hata Sensei's Class in March

1) Jumonji-dome (Cross- bar fixture) : Azalea, Alstroemeria, mum and Japanese quince / ceramic vase (3/18/2019)

 2) Composition of Straight Line :Alstroemeria, Siberian dogwood and pine /ceramic Suiban

Burning bush and mum / ceramic vase

Sensei's Straight Line demo

3) Composition of Mass and Line (Straight or Curved)
 

Sensei's mass and curved line demo

My Mass and Straight Line ( wax flower and quince)

classmate's mass and straight line

classmate's mass and straight line

classmate's mass and curved line

My arrangement at the Philadelphia Flower Show

When I was given an assignment for the Philadelphia Flower Show, I was excited and a bit worried about what kind of arrangement it was going to be. My platform size was 4'x4'x1', the background wall was 9' tall. It was one of the largest locations. The theme behind my arrangement was about spring time and naturalistic scenic. As soon as I knew my platform size, I brought out my tree root from the garage which I collected a long time ago and a big Japanese vase, they matched so well together. Also I started forcing Azalea and Japanese quince to flower, it took 6 weeks to bud and flower. My husband helped me to cut a few tall Siberian dogwood and a friend from our garden club let me cut her Camellia branches. All of these materials were used for my base.
Thanks to my husband for helping me the whole way, from finding the materials (many I decided not to use), to transporting the materials to setting up.

This arrangement should be viewed by three sides.

PFS - Ikebana

The Ikebana section at PFS is a small potion of the whole show. But it drew a lot of people coming to view the Ikebana display. There were 16 pieces for each rotation*, the pictures I show here are only for the 1st and 2nd rotation, the 3rd one I was not there, so it's not showing here.
* During the PFS the Ikebana exhibition we usually divide into 3 rotations, because it requires freshness of flower and plant materials. It usually is displayed only for 3 to 4 days for each person.
My arrangement was displayed in the 2nd rotation. I received a lot of good compliments! It would show in my next blog.

Wall arrangement

PFS - Blue Ribbons Award

Plant-pressed arts and window arts and jewelry arts, they are all made from plants, flowers and natural sources.

Philadelphia Flower Show 2019 -" Flower Power"

The PHS (Pennsylvania Horticulture Society) Philadelphia Flower Show (PFS) was held March 2 through March 10, 2019 at the convention center. The theme this year is "Flower Power." The big difference this year is "the FTD World Cup of Flowers pits the world's most exciting and talented floral designers against each other in feats of floral artistry." This is the first time the United States has hosted the World Cup since 1985. There are twenty more nations participating in their floral design and decoration. As I know now, Australia is the world cup champion. Russia is 1st runner up, Hungary 2nd runner up. They are all so grand, beautiful and spectacular, impressively show the "Flower Power."

Below are few of the photos I took.