January Class with Hata Sensei

Lessons for January 20, 2020: We had three lessons, all in text book 3. Even though these were repeated lessons, I thought it was a good way to improve myself by doing it differently each time. When I watched Sensei's demo, I said to myself why I didn't think about doing it that way?  

Lesson (1): Composition of Straight and curved Lines

Hata Sensei's demo

My first arrangement at home

I changed the container in class

classmate's arrangement after Sensei's correction

after Sensei's critique and rearrangement

Lesson (2): With Leaves Only

Sensei's demo

Sensei said, my arrangement need different leaves's texture and color...

classmate's arrangement

Lesson (3): Disassembling and RearrangementMaterials

my arrangement using Winter berry and nandina

my other arrangement using Japanese quince and mum

Demonstration and Workshop

The Lunar New Year falls on this month, January 25, the year of Rat. One of the Buxmont study group members asked Meei-Huey Sensei to hold a workshop class for a group of Chinese people, and also assigned June and I to the demonstrations. The theme should be for celebration of Chinese New Year. So the students could bring home their own beautiful Ikebana arrangement.
The color of arrangement must be including red, gold or silver, green and any flowering branch.
Date : January 11. 2020, 1pm to 4pm
Workshop material : Japanese Quince, mum, rose, wax flower and pine

My finished demo piece 

 

My other simple demo piece tried at home (color purple tone)

My actual demo, using blue Hydrangea to match suipan

My demo using silver painted bamboo and Winter berry...

32 participants attainted the workshop

Sensei showed basic up right style

June's demo, I didn't have June's finished arrangement photo.

One of Sensei's basic slanting style workshop arrangement

Winter Cattleya and Cymbidium

Cattleyas, the royalty of the orchid family. The white and purple-lipped cattleyas have not bloomed for two years. The cymbidium have been more faithful--they bloom every year for me even if the environment hasn't been too good.

only one bloom this same Cat.

Small flower Cymbidium  

C. Purple Star Bright

It will bloom in two days

Orchids Bloom to Welcome the Year of 2020

My Cattleya orchids are usually blooming in the winter months. These orchids have been missing blooms for a couple years ever since we moved to this house. I am so surprised and happy that they are blooming this time. (December 31, 2019)

Cat. "Pearl"

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.