Prince Andrew High School Students Visit

Today we welcomed to our studio about 20+ students and two teachers from Prince Andrew High School.  They came to learn a little bit more about ikebana.  They were treated to a live demonstration of ikebana.  Thank you for asking many questions.

Many thanks to Mrs. Shannon Patterson for bringing the students.  We are very grateful for her efforts in giving the young people an opportunity to be exposed to other forms of art like ikebana.  This is our second time to receive a visit from Prince Andrew High students.  We hope to see the next batch in 2012. We love the youthful energy and enthusiasm that they bring!

Sorry it was a little crowded but we hope you found it interesting!

Here are the two arrangement created today: basic upright moribana (right) and free-style (left)...a play with mass and lines...plus, did you notice that the roses were installed just so...to make them peek out from behind the weeds?

Images of the students are published with their permission.

All photos by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.

Nocturne 2011

This was our second year to participate in Nocturne: Art At Night.  Miyako and five of her students prepared our ikebana exhibit for the night.

We are older (just a little bit) and wiser!  And it showed in the creativity and profundity of the works of the students.  The more one looked, the more one saw interesting details and gained more insight from the arrangements.  One visitor commented that last night's exhibit showed more maturity compared to last year's.  

We thank everyone who took time to visit us (despite Quinpool being a bit removed from downtown where most of Nocturne took place.)  We also thank those who came to see Miyako during her ikebana demonstrations at Pier 21.  (Thank you Pier 21 for inviting us again!)  And of course, we thank ikebana students: JB, Lien Cayer, Marina Sokolenko, Valerie Sokolenko, and, last but not least, Val Spencer for taking time on Saturday to make the wonderful arrangements.  We know it wasn't just an afternoon's work...everyone probably had had some excruciating hours of planning before the actual day of exhibit!  Special thanks to Val who helped us take the shop apart and put it back together again the following day...really appreciated.  All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't do it, but we're sure you can make Humpty Dumpty whole again! (^-^)

And of course, we thank the organizers of Nocturne for making this happen.  You put Halifax on the map! 

See you next year!

Please enjoy some photos of the exhibit on our flickr gallery: 

(All photos by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)

How To Appreciate Ikebana

Here is a little slide presentation that we prepared for Nocturne 2011.  We are in Zone 4, #68 in the guidebook. (http://www.nocturnehalifax.ca/)  

We hope it will make the experience of seeing our ikebana exhibit more interesting.  Please visit the shop on Oct.15th (Sat), 6PM - 12 midnight.  See you!

Also, Miyako will be performing live ikebana demonstrations at Pier 21 - Canadian Museum of Immigration.  

http://www.pier21.ca/home

 Tentative demonstration schedule: 7:30, 8:30, 9:30.

This slide presentation was prepared for our exhibit at the Nocturne 2011, Art At Night event, Oct 15, 2011, 6PM-12 midnight, Halifax NS. Acknowledgements: * All Japan scenery photos were downloaded from Tomo.Yun (www.yunphoto.net/en/), a free stock photo website. * The basic upright arrangement (depicting "heaven, earth and man) is the work of Heather Schellinck.

Alderney Gate Library Demo

Thank you to all who joined us at the Alderney Gate Public Library last night!  We hope your interest in ikebana has been piqued!

Thank you to the Halifax Public Libraries for inviting us!

(Photo by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)

Origami At Keshen Goodman

Thank you to all who joined us at the Keshen Goodman Library.  We did an origami demonstration and workshop as part of the Asian Heritage Month Open House.  People got to see flat pieces of paper transform into cats, dogs, cranes, boxes, watches, balloons, etc.  

The workshop followed right after the demonstration.  Many people came to learn a few tricks.  What was the most popular item?  The wristwatch origami!

Thank you to the Halifax Public Libraries for inviting us!

(All photos by the ikebana shop.  All rights reserved.)