Note: If you dropped by from social media to download the morimono step-by-step workshop materials just click here, enter your e-mail and it will be sent to you instantly. What do fruits and vegetables have to do with flower arrangements? Japanese do not discriminate: any plant material can be used in ikebana, not only flowers … Continue reading Morimono – use of fruits and vegetables in Japanese flower arrangements
The 2016 report from the Amaryllis Beloeil annual competition in Belgium. This year we enjoyed the amaryllis viewings over the Easter weekend. This explains the giant Easter egg which was greeting all the visitors at the entrance. This competition takes place in a nice historical setting of Chateau de Beloeil and (importantly) participants get a decent … Continue reading Amaryllis Competition at Chateau de Beloeil
Finally we can announce our Natural Creativity Challenge winner. The idea of this Challenge was to get people who have never been involved in Ikebana (or in any other type of flower arranging) to try making a flower composition. The main point is actually not the flower arrangement as such. It is more about restoring … Continue reading And the winner is….
Good news folks: the deadline for the Natural Creativity Challenge is extended to September 20th. Photos of your arrangements have to be e-mailed to Ekaterina@IkebanaWeb.com by Sunday evening the latest. THE PRIZE will be a 1 month FREE ACCESS to the new Online Ikebana subscription website. This service is not yet released to the public. The exclusive … Continue reading 3D Challenge: Natural Creativity – entries are due in 5 days (Sept 20, 2015)
Mass in Ikebana arrangements is a somewhat controversial topic. On one hand it is quite similar to the appearance of Western arrangements and therefore is not "Ikebana-like". On the other hand it is a rather difficult task to construct a proper mass. In several workshops I have seen advanced students and even teachers struggle with … Continue reading 3 Main Elements of Ikebana Flower Arrangements: #2 Mass
Sunday Ikebana post series is dedicated to the minimalist aesthetics of the Japanese floral art. Part 2 is all about the lines and how they make a world of difference.
Sunday Ikebana post series is dedicated to the minimalist aesthetics of the Japanese floral art. Part 1 lays out the main principles, which will be further explored in this series.
A guided meditation to boost your creativity using the main source of it all: the nature. I would like to take you on a quiet self exploration journey. The intention is to experience one of the important sources of your creativity: your connection with nature. No prior experience or special knowledge is required. You do not … Continue reading A 3D Challenge: Natural Creativity
I see a difference between creating Ikebana arrangements for private viewing and for exhibitions. Once it is intended to be seen by many people in my opinion it becomes a variety of show business (in a good sense of the word). So I try to add a bit of entertainment to my arrangements and to … Continue reading The essence of a woman
I am super excited about being a participant in a recently published art book "Poetical Ikebana". Two of my compositions are featured in the book along with about 150 other works of Ikebana artists from around the world. The concept of this book is quite unique: participants were invited to illustrate 3 haiku poems with … Continue reading “Poetical Ikebana” is published