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Ikebana

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging, and I am lucky and still somewhat surprised to have been able to score an invitation to attend a session, with masters from the Ikebano school from Japan leading the workshop!


The master had two assistants, one seemed to be making sure the vase didn't fall over and cleaning up, while the other passed him flowers

I watched fascinated as he abused branches and flowers by chopping leaves and twigs off until he found the desired form - with seemingly no regard for how long the arrangement would stay fresh looking - a revelation for me - when flower arranging is partly about keeping the arrangement looking good as long as possible


our tools for the job
group busy at work

The invite came via one of the craft group - here we are with our masterpieces


my arrangement at home
plus two more "inspired" using the remaining flowers and foilage from my bunch