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My Ikebana: Berry Beautiful

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Seeing this beautiful berry branch, we just knew it had to be in an ikebana arrangement! We are very grateful to get these branches! Can’t find them in the flower shops in town.

Here is the whole arrangement.

I hope you like it. —Miyako

My Ikebana: Lots Of Local Branches

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Yesterday, I had the chance to visit Maple Grove Nursery’s farm in the beautiful Annapolis Valley, NS. There, I was treated to a smorgasbord of branches. They were everywhere and I kept cutting away. So much wonderful material that we could never find in flower shops! I was so excited that when I got home, I immediately created an arrangement.

Here is the whole arrangement.

I hope you like it. —Miyako

My Ikebana: Coltsfoot In A Fish Bowl

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The coltsfoot is an invasive species and they grow all over the place! Taking a closer look, we found some have redder stems than others!

The red vs green contrast was something to highlight and so we decided to put some stems in a fish bowl.

Here is the whole arrangement.

I hope you like it. —Miyako

My Ikebana: Messing With Mesh

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If you have done needlepoint work or embroidery, then these mesh sheets might look familiar to you. They have just about the right amount of stiffness to form a rigid base but still pliant enough to be manipulated into a shape we like.

This first arrangemnt is a simple play of lines and circles with painted sticks and gerbera.

This second arrangement has more complexity in colours, mixing up sunflowers and chard (yes, the vegetable!)

I hope you like them. —Miyako

My Ikebana: For Hanadayori 2021

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Being halfway around the world, we would never have even dreamed of participating in the Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival! With the pandemic, some of its activities have shifted online and we are honoured to play a part this year! We'd like to thank Dr. Shoso Simbo, Shoan Lo and the rest of the organizers for accepting us to this year's event.

Hanadayori: Ikebana By Request is part of the Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival.

“Hanadayori is a unique ikebana exhibition which directly connects ikebana artists with a wide audience. It aims to introduce two way interaction, from the audience to artists and from artists to the audience. This approach makes it possible for ikebana artists to find out what people really want from ikebana. It is a challenging but rewarding experience to create artworks based on requests from strangers.

This project not only connects ikebana artists with people all over the world, but in a world where the pandemic is causing so much suffering, these small connections though flowers might help to bring some joy and healing.” (from the Hanadayori 2021 website)

The request we received was from Hyderabad, India. It was for an arrangement with 4 colours.

Please enjoy the full exhibition here!