Ikebana: flower arrangement for beginners
Cutting and Fixing Branches: Understanding Proportion
A course by Louise Worner , Ikebana artist
About the video: Cutting and Fixing Branches: Understanding Proportion
Overview
“It's time to prepare and cut the materials. You will learn how to determine the proportion when cutting materials and how to properly fix them on the kenzan. ”
In this video lesson Louise Worner addresses the topic: Cutting and Fixing Branches: Understanding Proportion, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ikebana: flower arrangement for beginners. Learn how to Ikebana: the japanese art of flower arrangement. Create your floral designs with this unique understanding of nature..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll learn to prepare and select our branches, and to appropriately cut them to the correct size for our ikebana arrangement. For this particular style of ikebana arrangement, we want to focus on water. As a result, when we place our kenzan, we're going to place it in what we call position number three. So when I'm arranging, I'm actually arranging from behind, so that you're seeing the front of the arrangement. In the Sogetsu school of ikebana, when we become teachers, we have to learn to do everything from behind, so that the audience sees the arrangement from the front. ...”
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Course summary for: Ikebana: flower arrangement for beginners
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Category
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Areas
Decoration, Floral & Plant Design, Interior Decoration, Interior Design
Louise Worner
A course by Louise Worner
Meet Louise Worner, an international ikebana artist and teacher with a passion for transforming spaces through her captivating ikebana arrangements and installations. With over two decades of experience, Louise's journey with ikebana began while living and working in Japan, where she embraced the serene art form.
Her ikebana style merges tradition and modernity, as she breaks away from conventional norms and incorporates natural and unconventional materials into her creations. Louise's artistic achievements span the globe, with exhibitions and workshops held in countries like Japan, Australia, Spain, and Belgium.
A renowned ikebana educator, Louise has shared her expertise as the principal ikebana teacher for the Madrid Flower School and has presented workshops and demonstrations worldwide. Beyond her artistic endeavors, she has curated global exhibitions and even conceptualized a virtual ikebana exhibition fundraiser for the Australian Bushfires.
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