Blog Posts - Reiho Ikebana

Ikebana Demonstration at Ashburton Floral Art Group

9/7/2016

Chieko was invited to do the Ikebana demonstration at the Ashburton Floral Art Group. She did five arrangements including Seika, Nageire, Unnaturalistic Moribana and Free style. Members of the Group were familier with Ikebana as this was Chieko's third visit, but they still showed keen interest in the new technique and materials used at the demonstration. The photo below is Chieko with members of the Group after the demonstration. The President of the Group, Margaret Charnley is second from Left.

2016 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

17/3/2016

Ikebana International Group Display

Shogetsudokoryu School

2016 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show (MIFGS) was held from 16/5/16 to 20/5/16 at the World Heritage listed, Royal Exhibition Building and its garden. The entry by Ikebana International at Floral Design Section won the Bronze Medal this year. It featured the inner city oasis of Japanese Garden to coincide the theme of 2016 MIFGS " Discover an inner city oasis" (Left). I created the water and land arrangement in a black trough. The left hand side of the trough shows Water lilies in Flat form (Ten, Jin and Chi).
The right hand side features the land landscape using Celosia, Miscanthus, Roseberries, Shrimp plant, Bulrush and Pyracantha. The driftwood separates land from water.

Ikebana Display at Altona Memorial Park Opening

25/2/2016

The opening of the new facilities and the renovation at the Altona Memorial Park was held on Wednesday 24th February. Ikebana International Melbourne Chapter was asked to display two large arrangements in front of the huge wall of the Function Room, overlooking the Japanese garden. I created one of them; this work using Crepe myrtle, Pyracantha (red berries), Chrysanthemum and the yellow lichen clad branch in a black glass container. The Ikebana was much admired and appreciated by the people who attended the opening.

Happy New Year 2016

17/1/2016

The New Year Day in Japan is the most celebrated national and religious holiday. The old year will clear away the bad memories and the new year will invite hope and good fortune. Prayers are offered to Gods and Buddha at the shrines and temples. It is also a time to get together with family and friends. It is an old belief in Japan that the gods visit the human community between the end of the old year and the first of the new year. The pine was a dwelling place for the gods and places where pine trees grow had a holly feeling. That's why the pine branches are used in the New Year decoration.

New Years Arrangement using in upright form (立体) using:

Chrysanthemum
Pine
Red Hypericum
Mizuhiki (水引) in Awabi-musubi (あわび結び)

48th Japan Ikebana Art Exhibition

9/10/2015

Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department, Tokyo , Japan
1,058 Ikebana Artists from 194 schools exhibited their arrangements at Takashimaya department from 7.10.15 - 14.10.15. This exhibition is the biggest and most prestigious Ikebana Exhibition in Japan. The arrangements are shown for two days each rotating four times over the week. 6 teachers from ShogetsudoKoryu presented their work for this exhibition.

I was amazed by the quality of the materials and in awe of the unique arrangements. I was so happy to be able to assit in setting up and the atmosphere was indescribable.

By Sadako Hosoya

By Mitsuyo Nobe

By Motoko Ozaki

By Kimio Ohba

By Yukiko Bando

By Kazuko Iwasaki

48th Japan Ikebana Art Exhibition

8/10/2015

Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department, Tokyo , Japan

Here are some interesting arrangements from the exhibition.

Ikebana Exhibition - Ikebana International 2015

8/9/2015

Chieko and Lisa's group arrangement featuring a variety of Proteas with Bamboo.
These beautiful Proteas and Leucodendrons were donasted by Proteaflora.

Exhibition Flyer 2015 - Two arrangements from ShogetsudoKoryu were featured as the show piece on the Exhibition flyer.

Ikebana Exhibition - Ikebana International 2015

5/9/2015

Reiho Ikebana student work

Hiroshima Peace Day Arrangement

10/8/2015

The Hiroshima Peace Day Memorial Service was conducted in Melbourne in St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral; this year marked the 70th Anniversary. To help commemorate this event and pray for ever lasting world peace, I was asked to put together an Ikebana arrangement as part of Ikebana International.

Nossal High School Workshop

19/6/2015

VCE students enjoying Ikebana workshop on Japanese Day at Nossal High School