Tuesday, January 31, 2023

January Orchids in Bloom

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There are four orchids blooming this month. I am pleased that I always have one orchid blooming at least in my sunroom (or my ikebana work r...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Demonstrations Using Dried Materials

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Main Line study branch was hosting the meeting of Ikebana International Philadelphia Chapter, held on  January 26th. The program was “Twice ...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

Preparing for Demonstrations

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Because the Main Line study branch is going to host the January I.I. meeting, they need three demonstrators for the I.I. Dried Materials wor...
Friday, January 20, 2023

MWGC Virtual Little Show- Stretch It Out

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“A creative design with two similar units of unequal size containers that are joined by a prominent stretch component of material.”  My desi...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

January Class Lesson 3: Choose One of Sofu’s Principals

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Our newsletter notes: “Choose one of Sofu’s principles, create an arrangement to illustrate it.”  I picked #49 for my lesson. It wrote: “The...

January Class Lesson: (2) Simplified Arrangement

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 “Make an arrangement by simplifying the composition to its limit, regardless of the overall size of it.” The keys of this subject are trimm...

January Class Lesson (1) Showing Lines at Base

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Three class lessons for January 17, 2023 are:  #1) Showing lines at Base, #2) Simplified Arrangement, #3) Choose one of  Sofu’s 50 principle...
Saturday, January 14, 2023

Free Style - Upright Moribana Arrangement

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January class lesson is coming up soon, I bought some flower materials for class needs, besides I haven’t been doing Ikebana since the new y...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Washington Crossing Reenactment

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Our children and grandchildren were home during the Christmas holiday, they decided to walk to the banks of the Delaware River to watch the ...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

Orchids Bloom for Holiday

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This Cattleya has been blooming for three weeks by far and is a very nice orchid with a hint of fragrance, best of all, it faithfully blooms...