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 leader of the Sogetsu school of ikebana have kindly answers questions of teachers and students collected with the help of Facebook Anticipation was building up over the last couple of months. When earlier this year Ms. Teshigahara was visiting Belgium we wanted to interview her. We collected the questions of ikebana teachers and students … Continue reading Interview with Akane Teshigahara
By way of introduction let me share with you an essay I wrote to answer a question “What does Ikebana mean to you”? It was one of the assignments towards the end of the teachers’ training program at the Sogetsu school of Ikebana. Here is what I said: "For me Ikebana is first of all … Continue reading What Ikebana means to me