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Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Ikebana Demonstration – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Ikebana Demonstration. Ikebana Master Sachiko Sekichi at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Today, master Ikebana artist Sachiko Sekichi from Kyoto, Japan, demonstrated the Kyofu-ryu style of Ikebana at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. She was the guest of Alice Burke, a teahouse volunteer. Burke says, in the 1970s, Sekichi Sensei lived across the street from her in Kyoto and gave her lessons in ikebana. What is 13 13?
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New Year Ikebana Arrangements – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. New Year Ikebana Arrangements. New Year Ikebana Arrangements. Symbolic New Year materials pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum. New Year Ikebana arrangements are a pleasure to create and behold. With traditional materials of pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum, they afford an artistic as well as technical challenge, and the experience and result are always well worth it. New Year kadomatsu of bamboo and pine. The beloved chrysanthemum, emblem of the Impe...
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Santa Barbara Obon Festival, Ikebana Demonstration – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. Santa Barbara Obon Festival, Ikebana Demonstration. Please come to our Ikebana demonstration this Saturday, July 19, 2 pm, at the Obon Festival! It will take place at the Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara, 1015 E. Montecito St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Hope to see you there! Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Ikebana Demonstration. December Workshop: Ikebana Centerpieces for the Holidays. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Required fields are marked *.
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Ikebana Dreaming – Page 2 – Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. Featured Plant — Lisianthus. For ikebana, Lisianthus possesses all the very best qualities. It’s sturdy yet supple, upright but whimsical, lasting and ever blooming (often for up to three weeks! Great for a gentle, feminine arrangement or staggering, all out drama. Where has it been all these years? As with most flowers, the Lisianthus has symbolic meaning. Some say it is an expression of adoration, others of old-fashioned values. What...Chaba...
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Featured Plant: Agapanthus – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. Simple, sublime, yet dramatic and versatile, Agapanthus is a natural in Ikebana. The name comes from the Greek. Meaning love, and. Meaning flower. With abundant trumpet-shaped blooms, in Japan, it’s associated with love letters. With summer here, love must be in the air. Agapanthus is everywhere. A perennial, commonly found in shades of purple, blue, white and pink, Agapanthus thrives in any sunny position in the garden or container. Here in C...
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January 2015 – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. Monthly archives for January, 2015. New Year Ikebana Arrangements. Symbolic New Year materials pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum. New Year Ikebana arrangements are a pleasure to create and behold. With traditional materials of pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum, they afford an artistic as well as technical challenge, and the experience and result are always well worth it. New Year kadomatsu of bamboo and pine. The beloved chrysanthemum, emblem of the...
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Glossary – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. The simple, understated style of Ikebana flower arranging for the Japanese tea ceremony. A school of Ikebana known for including non-floral elements such as fruit or ornamental folk items. A container, vase, bowl, jar or tube for flower arrangement. Ikebana flower scissors, also called hasami. Shears, clippers or scissors used for cutting floral and plant materials for Ikebana. The shortest stem of the three main stems in an arrangement. A bas...
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Nageire – Ikebana Dreaming
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Thoughts on the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging. Once comfortable with Moribana. And the use of a kenzan. The next challenge is Nageire. Is a style of arranging Ikebana in a tall, cylindrical vase. The word nageire translates as “thrown in,” and, consequently, nageire arrangments have a sensibility that is spontaneous and fresh. They can be as simple or complex as a moment in life, as powerful or fragile as a mood. The second (and this will take even more practice! Is difficult to master!
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