Simple and easy Ikebana at your home
When you hear about Ikebana, maybe you think you need special tools and skills. For this class, we will help you make a simple Ikebana arrangement at your home using standard tools you probably already have.
A few things you will need:
- You will need to find your own flowers. We are sorry that we are unable to deliver flowers to your home (try calling around; some local shops will deliver). But any flowers are OK! Just make sure to get 2-3 varieties, and choose what you like. You won’t need many flowers.
- You will need clippers or scissors that you don’t mind using to cut flower stems.
- A vase. If you don’t have a vase, you can use a glass, a coffee cup, a cereal bowl, or your choice of container, as long as it has a little depth. You might even surprise yourself with how nice a non-traditional vase can look with a cute arrangement of flowers.
If you have your own kenzan (flower pin or pin frog), you may use it. Otherwise, you can order one on Amazon.
In this class, we will check each student’s tools and flowers, then help you with tips on how to build up and create your own Ikebana arrangement.
For this Ikebana class, bring your creativity and we will support you with some Ikebana theory. The most important thing is that flowers can help you relax and this class can be a therapeutic time for you to focus and create. You don’t need so many rules: let’s relax and enjoy touching flowers while adding life and warmth to your home in this class.
Classes are held via Zoom. A private link will be emailed to participants before class; all times are Eastern Time.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
