Nageire ikebana

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This is one of my ikebana flower arrangements, ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. I am a student of the Sogetsu ikebana school of Japan. This is a basic upright "nageire" arrangement. Just as paintings are artistic expressions brushed onto canvas, ikebana is a three-dimensional artistic expression composed of flowers and plants. It is up th the aesthetic of the ikebana arranger to assemble the materials, choose their most beautiful aspects, order them and endow them with a…

Ikebana by Soeli ( Itaipuaçu ) Material: Pittosporum and Chrysanthemum

Nageire

Cascading Nageire using insulin plant, roses, carnations and baby’s breath

Arrangement I did for my ikebana lesson with Sachiko Colom and Sue Looney on 21 March 2009. Sachiko and Sue had really different ideas on which way to position the forsythia (my original plan was to do it a different way, which Sachiko favored, though eventually I went with Sue's suggestion so that I could have the one piece curve out to the front and right as seen in the picture).

Ikebana is a lot more than just a beautiful way of arranging flowers. It teaches patience, respect and helps us connect to nature on a deeper level.

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Let's continue the deconstruction of an arrangement from an earlier post that illustrates nageire, a style of arrangement featuring a tall vase and no kenzan. If you haven't read it yet, check out the post entitled Why We're Here.... Nageire (aka heika in some ikebana schools) means "thrown in." According to legend, it originated centuries ago when, on a stifling summer afternoon, a bored samurai tossed a few blossoms into a lofty, deep vase across a room. (Something akin to our present day…