In my first How to Make a Basic Ikebana Flower Arrangement video, I focused on completing an Ikebana arrangement. At the end of the video, you will have a finished product that is neatly put together with flowers. Today I will focus more on the process itself rather than the finished product of Ikebana. I …
Happy Thanksgiving to you! Normally I travel during the Thanksgiving week, but this year I’m stuck at home. Why not decorate our house with long-lasting arrangements during the holiday? Dried materials come in handy. Cut branches, Chinese Lantern, dried hydrangea… When it’s getting harder to find fresh flowers in the yard, it’s the time to …
What is Kenzan? It’ s a useful tool to place flowers when making Ikebana arrangement. Western flower arrangements use green floral foams. I sometimes use them, too. One thing I don’t like about the floral foams is that you can’t reuse them. Made of metal, Kenzan is durable and you can use it again and …
It was not easy. I had to retake the video because the first one didn’t look good. It was messy. My home office is not quite equipped to shoot a video. It took much longer than I first expected to learn how to use iMovie. But I made it anyway. My first Ikebana Japanese flower …
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Somebody is leaving town. A very special person whom I worked on this project with. It’s time to say good-bye, and I’m supposed to say it with Ikebana flowers this weekend. During this coronavirus pandemic, I avoid going shopping as much as possible. The only flowers I have in my back yard now is lacy …
Now I have held my online Ikebana class for two months, I’m getting used to talking to the students on the screen and looking at their flower arrangements through photos that they send me. I admit that it is a challenge to imagine the 3-dimensional aspects of Ikebana by looking at these 2-dimensional photos. But …
My first online Ikebana class was held last Saturday morning with 12 people connected. Many thanks to those of you who volunteered to be my Guinea pigs. Despite some glitches here and there, the class was successfully held, and I got a go sign from the students. My Ikebana class go online starting June. Here …
I’m nervous. My first online ikebana class is happening in two days. Under the current stay-at-home order, obviously it’s not possible to hold a normal class. But when exactly will we be able to resume one? As soon as the order is lifted? Unlikely. You wouldn’t feel safe sitting close to each other during the …