Thursday, October 8, 2015

Autumn Theme

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Autumn is here! The scenery is gradually changing color. You feel the gentle breeze, in my arrangement, I expressed them all. (10/6/2015) M...

An Arrangement Focus on Glass Container

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Glass container is a main attention for this arrangement. To show its beauty I keep the materials in the container to minimum. These two sta...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Demonstration and Opening Luncheon

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Ikebana International Philadelphia Chapter # 71, held its first meeting of this year on 9/24/2015. Mrs. Emiko Suzuki (professor 1st grade) o...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Arrangements Emphasizing the Container

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This lesson is about the container. The arrangement should make the container a focal point. So it should be clearly noticeable. The white f...

Sketching and Arrangement

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My sketch and final arrangement don't look the same, that's because when I tried to put the Begonia leaves in place, they were n...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Hata Sensei's Class for Septemper

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We started our class year this Monday ( 9/14/2015). Lesson for September: 1) Basic Slanting Style Nageire (book 1-9 or 10) 2) Freestyle, S...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

August Orchids Bloom

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Summer is almost over! But it's still hot during the day time. We have had 5 heat waves so far this summer. I had two important (I thin...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Fourth Annual Exhibition at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (3)

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I was so grateful for participating in the 2015 Exhibition at Shofuso, the Japanese House and Garden, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. There...

The Fourth Annual Exhibition at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (2)

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Grey Platform #5 (Ohara) Grey Platform #6 ( Ikenobo) grey platform #7 (Sogetsu) Shelf in Bathroom (onsen) Entrance  T...

The Fourth Annual Exhibition at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (1)

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The 4th annual Summer Ikebana exhibition was held at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden by members of Ikebana International (II) Philadelphia...