To arrange Azaria naturally and nicely for this work Asami spent more than one hour.
Monday 29 August 2011
Basic Style: Asami
To arrange Azaria naturally and nicely for this work Asami spent more than one hour.
Basic Style: Teresa
Teresa chose beautiful spring flowers to make her basic style arrangement.
Basic Style: Roslyn
Roslyn made a well balanced and stable Nageire style.
Friday 19 August 2011
Free Style: Shoan
Free Style: Michael
Free Style: Helen
This is a wonderful work with a wonderful container.
Free Style: Ai
Free Style: Lea
Lea freely interpreted a classic Ikebana design here.
Free Style: Maddie
Basic Style: Linda
Basic Style: Aileen
Free Style: Julie
Julie's work is to be viewed from all angles.
Basic Style: Heather
This is heather's second attempt to make a nageire style. Main branches are beautiful.
Basic Style: Penny
Basic Style: Esther
This is Esther 's first basic style. New students start learning Ikebana with this style.
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Free Style: BATCH
The students at Bulleen & Templestowe Community House created free style arrangements after practicing basic styles. They were told not to make "pretty arrangements".
Sunday 14 August 2011
Free Style: Lindy
Lindy used her great container very effectively.
Basic Style: Penny
Free Style: Asami
Asami created this freestyle arrangement after making many basic styles.
Saturday 13 August 2011
Free Style: Lucy
Lucy created an intense space in the center of her free style arrangement. Pay attention to how she arranged azalea at the base.
Free Style: Liz
Liz made her favourite free style in her third lesson.
Basic Style: Asami
The first main branch using lily of the valley bush is so effective.
Basic Style: Rebecca
This is Rebecca's basic style arrangement in her second lesson. Willow branches are interesting.
Free Style: Lea
Lea enjoyed creating her first free style ikebana.
Free Style: Natasha
Natasha's free style utilises natural movement of the branch material.
Thursday 11 August 2011
Basic Style: Heather
This is Heather's first Nageire style arrangement. It took one hour and half to create a triangle framework.
Free Style: Penny
This is Penny's first free style arrangement.
Free Style: Julie
Julie's work is showing lines at the base.
Free Style: Marian
This is Marian's my Ikebana, the last work to complete her certificate course. She is now moving to a teaching diploma course in Ikebana.
Teacher: Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Ikebana Exhibition 2010: Shoso and his Students
Shoso Shimbo and his students had Ikebana Exhibitions at the Kings Arcade, Armadale, Melbourne in June and November 2010.
This is a video of the June exhibition.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Free Style: Lucy
Making a horizontal design arrangement is good introduction to the free style ikebana.
Teacher: Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne
Monday 8 August 2011
Basic Style: Asami
Asami made a basic style ikebana with two bases.
Teacher: Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne
Free Style: Liz
Liz made her first free style Ikebana in her second lesson. Well done.
Teacher: Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne