Hello all,
Above is a photograph, in front of our exhibit at MIFGS, of some of the exhibitors. We had the honour of a visit by Mr. Furuya, the Japanese Consul General. From the top left - Emily Karanikolopoulos, Mr. Furuya, Julie Ireland, Jenny Loo, Chieko Yazaki, Midori Nakajima, Lucy Papas, Swann Lam and Rachel Lok.
I wanted to include photos of my students' work in my last post but Lei had not finished editing them. She has done so since and I'm happy to include the photo, below, of the arrangement done by Lei Wang and Jenny Loo. They were two separate arrangements that, when placed together, created one large arrangement. As always, when photographing an arrangement with depth, much is lost. You have to take my word for it that it was quite beautiful.
Lucy's arrangement, below, depicted a pond in the suiban with cascading materials from the taller vase. We have Lei Wang to thank for all three photographs.
Last Saturday I conducted a workshop for a group of ladies, who wanted an introduction to ikebana. The instigator was Hellen Wellman, who had attended our 60th Anniversary exhibition at Box Hill Art Space and, who was impressed enough to contact me for a workshop.
They were 10, very enthusiastic ladies who seemed to enjoy the experience. I demonstrated 4 arrangements before demonstrating the Basic Upright, which is the first lesson of our curriculum and which they, then, copied. We finished the session with afternoon tea on the balcony.
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Xanthorrhoea and crucifix orchid |
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Using Only One Kind of Material - a single stem of Protea |
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Coloured wisteria, hippeastrum and clivia leaves |
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Agapanthus and clivia cyrtanthiflora Kaffir Lily (quite a mouthful, isn't it?) |
My wall arrangement, below, started with some gorgeous dahlias that were given to me by a stall holder at MIFGS. When the show was over, rather than throw them away, he gave them to the passers by. Unfortunately, dahlias don't last very long but they were lovely for a couple of days. I got the wooden ring from my daughter-in-law and the wisteria was from my garden.