Happy New Year 2020

Wishing you a healthy, happy New Year!

Hata Sensei said Happy New Year to all of you!

My New Year arrangement in class

Another New Year arrangement 

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Art in Bloom - Interpretation with Contemporary Art

Art in Bloom at the Delaware Contemporary art museum is an exhibit featuring floral arrangements created by members of Ikebana International of the Philadelphia Chapter. The arrangements are designed to complement and correspond to the contemporary art, on display from 12/5 to 12/8/2019 in the Delaware Contemporary art museum. 
My choice of painting is by artist Peter Wayne Lewis. With Jamaican roots, he studied painting in the United States. He is a tenured professor of painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. His work is inspired by the world of jazz (his father was a jazz musician), and by famous Chinese masters of calligraphy with Buddhism influence.

Below was my Ikebana arrangement in interpretation of his painting. I got the chance to meet the artist. Prof. Lewis was very pleased with my arrangement and said I interpreted it very well too. It made me very happy!

By artist Peter Wayne Lewis's "Monk Time #1", 2013
Acrylic on Linen

My arrangement interpretation

First tried at home

Art in Bloom

Here were the other members' arrangements with their choices of paintings. There were five artists exhibiting their many art works at the museum, only twenty some paintings chosen by Ikebanists.

Below were some arrangements that interpreted the art pieces very well.   

November Class with Hata Sensei - Paper Sculpture

The lesson of this month is "with paper". There is no rule and limit! You can use paper wrap around the Otoshi (water holder) to make a container ( see below my original arrangement ) or you can make a paper sculpture place besides, or behind for your flower arrangement as part of design. We spend morning hours to watch Hata Sensei's demonstration with cutting paper to make a swirl shape sculpture that could be used as part of  designed arrangement, then made our own arrangement. In the afternoon lesson was Morimono Arrangement, variation No 7. Book 2. (11/18/2019)

Hata Sensei's demo arrangement

My wrap around Otoshi using three different color of tissue papers

My finished arrangement

After I saw Sensei's demo, this was my arrangement

Rearranged at home, another look

Marcia's arrangement

Margret's arrangement

In the afternoon lesson was Morimono arrangement (variation no.7 repeated lesson) for up coming Thanksgiving holiday. We were doing spreading Morimono table arrangements using vegetables, fruits and....  

Hata Sensei's demo.

My arrangement

Classmate's arrangement

classmate's arrangement

Classmate's arrangement

East Meets West- Annual Exhibition

The 4th Annual Exhibition presented by Sogetsu Buxmont Study Group was held on November 9. The theme of this year was "East Meets West." When I was thinking about my design, I had to consider the words East and West. How to connect them together was a little bit of a challenge.
My first arrangement "The Window into Two Worlds" was my title. I need your imagination to explain it! Using a twig frame, azalea, bitter sweet, mum, pine and lichened wood branch / Ceramic
The second arrangement was my demonstration "A Romantic Moment". My choice for this container was a big champagne glass (West), the Ikebana arrangement (East) was a basic style. For the final touch were two candles and a fan. I heard an audience in back seat saying loudly SO ROMANTIC!

The rest of the arrangements were the study group members' creation. Personally, my humble opinion is: I would not put a figurine or object to accompany an arrangement for this theme "East meets West." Their titles I leave for your imagination.  

My arrangement "The Window into Two worlds"

 "A Romantic Moment" by me, using azalea, rose, nadina and mum

Izu Dancer

Demo by June "See through to the beauty"

Demo by Chih "Geometry"

Art in Bloom

Autumn Falls

Dancing

When we were young

Tranquility in the years

Upbeat

Out of Obsession

Simplicity

Autumn Rhyme

The Big Wave

The Brilliance of Autumn color

Staircase to Heaven

Demo by Mary "My Garden"

Boxed In

Just add milk

"Companion" the center piece, the Japanese dolls for girl's day

"Slinky-ing around"

East+west = New World

Traveling without Boundaries

Longing

High Noon

Friendship Afar and Nearby

Demo Piece "Reach for the top"