FALL-IDAY 2020 VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

The Ikebana International Philadelphia Chapter invited all it members and schools to take part in a new online exhibition titled “Happy Fallidays”. As Autumn gives way to Winter, we celebrate many different holidays and we enjoy the seasonal materials only available at this time of year. With that in mind, we are all encouraged to create and share the “Holiday or Autumnal” arrangement of our choice.  

My choice is Autumnal: Using dried big leaves found on the ground, other materials like Hinoki, mums, bittersweet and driftwood that I already had in hand, I created this “Late Fall“ free style arrangement.  

November Zoom Class - Morimono - Happy Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all! Be well, safe and stay healthy!

 

Basic Slanting Style Variation #2 Nageire - Zoom Class

Mainline Sogetsu Study Group Zoom class for November 9:

 1) Basic Slanting Style #2 Nageire. To be critiqued by Hata Sensei. we must take photos and email them to her. The critique will be in next month Zoom class. (12/14/2020 ) 

2) Morimono  

3) Fall free style arrangements (please see previous post)

These three subjects of arrangements were done before my operation date. 

Front view, maple, mum and dahlia/ ceramic 

Side view

Another side view

Top view

Fall Free Style Arrangement - November Zoom Class

November 9/2020, in our zoom class meeting, Hata Sensei demonstrated basic Slanting Style variation #2 Nageire, Fall Morimono and Fall free style Arrangements. I made all these three subjects before surgery. Whoever submitted this Fall free style, could get Sensei’s comments this time. Other subjects will be critiqued in next Zoom meeting.

Sensei gave me very positive and good comments for my fall arrangements. I was delighted! Thank you! Sensei.

Mums, crape myrtle seed pod, leaves and bittersweet / ceramic

Fall Free Style Arrangement

I made this arrangement before my surgery for my own pleasure, which inspired by Hata Sensei’s demo,  using self made basket. The second arrangement was for fall theme. (see next post) 

Side view

 

Operation for My Rotator Cuff Tear

My right shoulder pain has been bothering me for years. I had Cortisone injections two years ago and physical therapy, which helped for a while until recently the pain reoccurred again. I was seen by my orthopedic surgeon, he gave me another trial injection but without any improvement this time. So, he ordered the MRI study which showed that I have bad rotator cuff tear. He said, the only way to help me to relieve the pain for good is an operation to repair it. My husband is a retired surgeon, he agreed with him. So I had my surgery done on Oct. 26th, 2020. The operation was successful, but l have to put up with this shoulder sling for 6 weeks which is very inconvenient and miserable. I shall not be able to use my right hand for a while and might not be able to do my Ikebana too! ☹️

Nandina

Back yard golden Japanese maple

Japanese maple looks like Bonsai tree

 

Two Oncidium Orchids

My orchids have ended their vacation, already home for two weeks now. The temperature is up and down, not stable, sometimes dipping to 40F degree at night. It’s about time to bring them inside the house. A month ago, I noticed two Oncidium orchid stems appearing one inch. I’m so excited! Especially because I haven’t had any other orchids blooming for a long while, except my Pinocchio (lady slipper), which keeps blooming. (10/27/2020)

Some update pictures on 10/31/2020 and 11/6/2020

Right picture name Epi. Cilive “Xenia” 

I remembered this one, up date to 10/31/2020 

Has not bloomed for a long time

I don’t know what its color is yet

10/31/2020

10/31/2020

Free Style - Fall Harvest Arrangement

I was so delighted to present this home grown silk squash which I picked from my husband’s small vegetable garden. Before I cooked it I would like to make an arrangement to show you how proud of my husband’s little harvest. Haha!😀

silk squash and mum/ ceramic

 

Autumn Splendor - Demonstration for Zoom Class

I was invited to do a demonstration for BuxMount Sogetsu study group Zoom class on October 13. Using wood was the subject. A big piece of bare rooted wood that I found from a discarded wood pile (see below). I used this piece of wood as my base for an arrangement. I gathered all the possible materials that I might like to use, such as bittersweet, hydrangea, mum, hosta and....

I only used two water tubes for mums to keep them fresh. The hydrangea, bittersweet and hosta would gradually dry nicely without water. All these materials I carefully arranged into the rooted hole to complete my composition.

There is another subject of arrangement in text book 4 for composition with dried materials, I can present this one as well.

 This is a rather big arrangement, more than two feet tall:

practice demo on outside patio 

My demonstration arrangement 

Upside down rooted wood

Sign of Fall - Garden Chrysanthemum

Garden Chrysanthemums are blooming, sign of Autumn here in my garden. 

The Hinoki, mum and dry branch were the main materials that I wanted to arrange with or without dahlias, I took three pictures for each arrangement and compared them. In the end, I liked the first one the most. How about you?

Container: ceramic triangular tall vase