IKEBANA IN MAINE: 03/2008

2008/03/31

Center for Continuing Education Ikebana Class 2008 Spring

I was amazed at all participants' enthusiasm for learning Ikebana.
It was nice meeting you all, and was a great pleasure to share Ikebana with you.
Please enjoy communication with flowers at home!
Hope to see you sometime in fall!

Naomi

Session 3
Ikebana is participants' work.
They practiced vertical line work this time. Each ikebana work is beautiful art work. Crafting ikebana gives us an opportunity to express our artistic vision through flowers.
All work is a miniature representation of the universe in their container; Heaven, Man, and Earth.

Flower material is irises, daffodiles, and solidago.
Photographing is Lois. Thank you very much.

They are all beautiful work!

Center for Continuing Education Ikebana Class 2008 Spring

Session 2: Floating Style

Ikebana is participants' work.

This time they practiced a floating style.
They used the same flower materials, but each work is distinctive artistic work.
The harmony of Heaven, Man, and Earth appears in their containers.
The longest branch represents a line of heaven, the second long branch represents a line of man, and the shortest represents a line of earth.

Flower material: Pussy willows, chrysanthemums, roses.
Photographing is Lois. Thank you very much

All work is unique and beautiful. I believe each participant has its own Ikebana's story while making this piece. It is a precious moment to touch and rediscover the beauty of nature.

Ikebana Class at Center for Continuing Education 2008

Session 4
Ikebana is participants' work.

They practiced vertical line work this time. Each ikebana work is beautiful art work.
All work is a miniature representation of the universe ;the harmony of heaven, man, and earth.

Flower material is ti leaves, green spiders, and lilies.
Photographing is Lois. Thank you very much.

They are all beautiful!

What does Ikebana mean?

Ikebana means 'giving life to flowers.' Its original purpose is offering flowers to Buddha. Ikebana, the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement, emphasizes harmony with heaven, earth and man creating the unity of the three principles. Dynamic lines, created with a few materials and the space between flowers, are distinctive characteristics of Ikebana. The use of negative space creates serene natural aesthetics that opens up a space for contemplation of life. The emptiness of the arrangement is more meaningful than a full vase of flowers. It invites us to think about the natural cycle of life and the relationship between nature and people. Each Ikebana arrangement gives us an opportunity to rediscover the beauty of nature and simplicity. Ikebana flower arranging can be considered as a miniature representation of the universe in a small container.

Career

2041 March: Bath-Tsugaru Sister City Cultural Exchange Events. Ikebana Workshop.

2013 March: Bath-Tsugaru Sister City Cultural Exchange Events. Ikebana Workshop.

Ikebana one-person show at University of Southern Maine Portland Campus Glickman Family Library

October: Ikebana lesson at Portland Adult Education (PAE)

2012 July: Ikebana one-person show at University of Southern Maine Portland Campus Glickman Family Library

October: Ikebana lesson at Portland Adult Education (PAE)

2010 August: Ikebana Display at Glickman Family Library in Portland, Maine.

2009 March: Springtime Ikebana at Center for Continuing Education, University of Southern Maine.

2009 February & March: Taught 'Ikebana Basic I' at Portland Adult Education, Maine.

2008 November: Held an Ikebana workshop at McLaughlin Garden, South Paris, Maine.

Ikebana one-person show in March and April at Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus.

2008 March: Taught Ikebana at Center for Continuing Education University of Southern Maine.

1998 earned a certificate of Ikebana instructor from a Japanese Ikebana school.

IKEBANA IN MAINE

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE library display

2008/03/31

Center for Continuing Education Ikebana Class 2008 Spring

Center for Continuing Education Ikebana Class 2008 Spring

Ikebana Class at Center for Continuing Education 2008

2008/03/28

Formal Style: Main branches are curly willows

2008/03/26

Eco-Bana Project: Reuse of a bottle

Glickman Family Library, Portland Campus @ 7th Floor

2008/03/23

Glickman Family Library, Portland Campus @ 7th Floor

2008/03/17

Eco-Bana @Glickman Family Library