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Sunday, 19 January 2014

Ikebana for a Special Dinner

My client, a designer asked me to make an Ikebana arrangement for her wedding reception. She initially rejected all of my proposed designs and requested not to make a "pretty " arrangement. I used a container by Hiroe Swen and created this dynamic arrangement using her favourite lilies. I received...

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Ikebana Today 19

I have presented two hypothesis regarding why the great Ikebana boom ended. First, a training to become good house wives has become less important. Second, the Japanese traditional spiritual vales have lost their integrating function in a wealthier society. As the second hypothesis was complicated,...

Wednesday, 1 January 2014