Banmi Shofu Ryu of Ikebana
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    • Home
    • About us
    • Headmasters (Iemoto)
    • Words from Bansui Ohta
    • Learning Ikebana
    • Sample Ikebana Designs
    • Certified Banmi Sensei
      • Greg Banshakuyaku
      • Irene Banayame
      • Laurel Banbara
      • Monique Banrenke
    • Websites & Resources
  • Home
  • About us
  • Headmasters (Iemoto)
  • Words from Bansui Ohta
  • Learning Ikebana
  • Sample Ikebana Designs
  • Certified Banmi Sensei
    • Greg Banshakuyaku
    • Irene Banayame
    • Laurel Banbara
    • Monique Banrenke
  • Websites & Resources

Sustained Ikebana Passion & Engagement

Over Six Decades of Lived Ikebana Experience

Employing autoethnographic and heuristic processes I am  sharing over six decades of ikebana passion and engagement starting with a calming meditative experience to accepting an ikebana school iemoto responsibility. Reflexive iterative process, while navigating the tacit dimension allowed how personal and social transformation evolved while  preserving creativity in this parallel occupation.  Importantly, this  experience intensified the appreciation of the form, function and meaning of the ancient tradition of ikebana during  contemporary times.

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Alternative Ikebana Experience, SSO USA 2024

Handout for Art Experience

This is the Guide to Participating in the SSO USA Art Experience produced for educational purposes only.

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Ikebana as living art

Modeling, Observing, then Doing.....

To learn ikebana well, persistence and consistency are important in learning ways of putting materials together to replicate nature inside or outside the home.  The learning session typically starts with the sensei showing how to use certain materials during a live demonstration while the deshi/s watch/es.  Then the deshi replicates the process as best as possible.  Critique by the sensei immediately afterwards is critical to learning, and the deshi listens and observes any corrections taking note of how a design may look totally different sometimes with just a minor change of the flower angle or its placement in the container. In the image above, Ric Bansho -sensei  shows how the distinct placement of a driftwood can alter the feeling exuded by the design.  


Click on link to see iemoto demonstrate how to arrange flowers three different ikebana designs:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3QbUg8Dqgc 

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Lessons are available anywhere in the world through the use of technology.  Lessons after an Ikebana International Chapter meeting in St. Petersburg is available as requested.  See information of individual Banmi Shofu sensei  on the sensei page, and contact them directly, or by sending an e-mail to:  sensei@ikebanabanmishofu.com. 




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