Orchids and Ikebana

I have been growing orchids for 15+ years now. In 2008, I took my first lesson in Sogetsu Ikebana. For me, growing orchids and creating Ikebana arrangements are my meditation. I created this blog to share my pictures and ideas with you. It is like my JOURNAL and helps me keep track of my progress.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

"Stormy Halloween Night"

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Halloween is right around the corner. At our MWGC October meeting, the subject of the Little Show is "Stormy Halloween Night". To ...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Arrangement and Decoration for Hakka Choir Concert

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The extraordinary performance of the Taiwan Hakka Choir (30 people) came to town. Singing Hakka folk songs and some popular operas "La ...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

October Orchid Bloom

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The temperature dropped near the freezing point at night the last few days. Fortunately, all the outdoor orchids and some house plants had b...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Splitting Bamboo and making a Design

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In the Hata Sensei's class, we learned how to split bamboo and made it as a structure for flower arrangement. Bamboo pieces were provide...
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...
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