Monday 29 August 2011
Friday 19 August 2011
- Posted By: Ikebana Gallery Australia
Free Style: Shoan
Shoan enjoyed making this neat work. Notice the fascinating curving lines connecting the top and the base.
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Free Style: Michael
This is a great free style arrangement by Michael. Many natural lines are carefully controlled to create harmony. As a qualified Ikebana teacher now he cannot participate in our competition, the Ikebana Gallery Australia Award. But we would like to see his works in this blog.
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Free Style: Ai
Ai made her first Ikebana in Melbourne. Her mother is an Ikebana teacher in Japan. Let's hope she will send another image to this blog after studying more from her mother.
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Basic Style: Aileen
This is Aileen's first nageire style arrangement. This is a very difficult style to master for many new students.
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Basic Style: Penny
Alstromeria is a very popular flower, but some new students may find it hard to use for a basic style arrangement.
Tuesday 16 August 2011
- Posted By: Ikebana Gallery Australia
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
Saturday 13 August 2011
- Posted By: Ikebana Gallery Australia
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.
Thursday 11 August 2011
- Posted By: Ikebana Gallery Australia
Basic Style: Heather
This is Heather's first Nageire style arrangement. It took one hour and half to create a triangle framework.
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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
- Posted By: Ikebana Gallery Australia
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
- Posted By: Ikebana Gallery Australia
Free Style: Lucy
Making a horizontal design arrangement is good introduction to the free style ikebana.
Teacher: Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne
Monday 8 August 2011
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Free Style: Liz
Liz made her first free style Ikebana in her second lesson. Well done.
Teacher: Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne