Roger's Pictures
18-21 May 2017
The theme for this year's annual exhibit was
obi and exhibitors were challenged to incorporate an obi into
their display. Some wove them into the arrangements
while others put them under or around their arrangements while
others simply hung them nearby. However they were used
they provided an interesting counterpoint to the
flowers.
 Earl's arrangement at the entrance -- the obis were ... |
 Obi details |
 Obi details |
 Several arrangements |
 Several arrangements |
 Several arrangements |
 Wall hanging |
 Wall hanging |
 Elaine Arita's Ohara arrangement -- "Went to Osaka ... |
 Obi details |
 Bertha Tottori's Sogetsu school arrangement |
 Arrangment detail |
 Kida-sensei's Ikenobo school Rikka Shimputai |
 Barbara Tinius's Ikenobo school arrangement with... |
 Barbara Tinius's Ikenobo school Shoka Shofutai ... |
 Jean Marutani's Ikenobo school Rikka Shimputai |
 Gale Kobayashi's Ikenobo school free style combining ... |
 Eight year old Brennan using an obi from Auntie ... |
 Obi detail |
 Charmain Yee- Hollisons's Sogetsu school arrangement ... |
 Maile Wilkerson's Sogetsu school arrangement -- obi ... |
 Karen Kirk's Sogetsu school arrangment -- Marukai ... |
 Obi detail |
 It even lights up! |
 Mrs. Misawa's Sogetsu school arrangement using 2 of ... |
 Obi detail |
 Obi detail tied in typical men's style known as kainokuchi |
 Gourd details |
 Viva Inouye's Toin Misho school arrangement -- "Sen... |
 Viva Inouye's Toin Misho school arrangement |
 Beryl Ono-Stapleton's Ikenobo school free style ... |
 Obi to go with Beryl's arrangement |
 Ellen Kondo's Ikenobo school free style |
 Gwen Nagata's Ohara school arrangement representing... |
 Pat Komoto's Ichiyo school arrangement -- the tree ... |
 Grace Sekimitsu's Ohara school Bunjin arrangement ... |
 Sherrill Morichika-Balbirona's Sogetsu school ... |
 Betty Tanaka and young adults ... |
 Young adult arrangement |
 Obi detail |
 Small arrangememnt |
 Linda Sonoda's Sogetsu school arrangement -- "Obi ... |
 Arlene Horiuchi's Ohara schooil arrangement -- the obi ... |
 Obi detail |
 Gail Atwater's Ikenobo school free style |
 Obi detail - "belings to a Japanese lady whose mother ... |
 Wendy Umino's Ikenobo school Rikka Shimputai ... |
 Obi detail |
 Jane Aquino's Ohara school arrangement |
 Obi detail -- "I am a sansei, third generation Japanese. ... |
 Bette Uyeda's Ohara school arrangement -- the obi is ... |
 Obi detail |
 Jennifer Shintani's Sogetsu school arrangement -- "The ... |
 Lorna Kawahara's Sogetsu school arrangement |
 Obi detail |
 Small wall hanging |
 Joan Hori's Ikenobo school Shoka Shimputai -- the ... |
 Obi detail |
 Linda Tanaka's Ohara school arrangement -- "This ... |
 Susan Hirate's Ohara school arrangement with ... |
 May Hiraoka-Tomita's Ikenobo school Rikka Shimputai ... |
 May Hiraoka-Tomita's Ikenobo school Rikka Shimputai |
 Obi detail |
 Grace Kam's Sogetsu school arrangement -- the obi ... |
 Yukari Sato's Sogetsu school arrangement using 2 ... |
 Obi detail |
 Miwa Miura's Kado Sangetsu school arrangement |
 Small arrangement |
 Malina Kaulukuku's Sogetsu school arrangement ... |
 Obi detail |
 Heliconia from her yard |
 Small arrangement |
 Masako Furuyama's Ikenobo school Gyodoike ... |
 Masako Furuyama's Ikenobo school Gyodoike ... |
 Obi detail |
 Children's obis over some open space... |