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Splendors of Ikebana Exhibit

Honolulu Hale
6-9 March, 2012

We started our group arrangement Saturday, 3 March (~6 hours) and finished arranging at Honolulu Hale Monday the 5th for a total of about 10 hours of work!
Diana Salansky did a demonstration of Ikenobo arrangements on Wednesday, 7 March.


Trimming the pine

Covering some joints

Jean at work

Elsie supervising

Gail checking overlap

Does this look right?

Willow switches

Straw bundles

Everyone pitches in

Tying the komiwara

Elsie checks it

Patching the knot holes

Starting to come together

The komiwara - the old fashioned way of doing ikebana

Adding the do

Elsie keeping an eye on things

Assmbling things at Honolulu Hale

Trimming the do

Inserting the do

Ready for the next materials

How long?

Beryl wiring

The finished Sunamono Rikka

Ikenobo Sunamono Rikka group arrangement

Sogetsu Group Arrangement

Sogetsu group arrangement

Sogetsu Youth class finishing their arrangements

Youth arrangements

Sogetsu arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Kado Sangetsu arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Ohara arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Ikenobo arrangement

Wendy's Ikenobo Shoka Shofutai

Peach blossoms

Sogetsu arrangement

Toin Misho arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Kida-sensei's Ikenobo Rikka Shimputai

Dolly's Kin Sen arrangement

Ohara arrangement

Ohara group landscape arrangement

Ikenobo Shoka Ishuike arrangement

Karen's Sogetsu arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Koryu Shoteiha arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Ikenobo Shoka Shimputai arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Saga Goryu arrangement

Ohara arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Ohara arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Ikenobo RIkka Shofutai arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Ohara arrangement

Sogetsu arrangement

Saga Goryu arrangement

Ikenobo Rikka Shofutai arrangement

Saga Goryu group arrangement

The exhibit in Honolulu Hale

The exhibit in Honolulu Hale

The Mayor's remarks

Ethel Aotani at the demonstration

Watching the demonstration

Diana arranging Jiyuka (free style)

Explaining the finished Jiyuka

Diana's Jiyuka

Explaining the mizugiwa on her Shoka Ishuike

Diana's Shoka Ishuike

Diana arranging Shoka Nishuike

Diana arranging Shoka Nishuike

Diana's Shoka Nishuike

Diana arranging Shoka Shimputai

Diana arranging Shoka Shimputai

The finished Shoka Shimputai

Diana showing her container for wrapped flowers

The finished arrangement of wrapped flowers

Diana arranging Rikka Shofutai

Diana arranging Rikka Shofutai

A little assistance...

Diana's Rikka Shofutai

Whew, all done!

Diana's Rikka Shofutai

The exhibit and demonstration space

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