Shoso Shimbo

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Making Ikebana works is a daily ritual for me. I used kagaroo-paws from my garden. They are growing well this year thanks to a lot of rai...

Lesley Kehoe Galleries asked me to create a display for an opening of Maio Motoko's exhibition. The artist's request was not to ...

Shoso was featured in a newspaper in Melbourne. A floral passion - People - News - Stonnington Leader A File in Google Doc http://w...

Shoso Shimbo's Ikebana work was featured in Sculpture 2011, Flourish, the Toyota Sculpture Exhibition . https://docs.google.com/docume...

It is fortunate that we have had annual Ikebana exhibitions the last seven years. But there are so few Ikebana exhibitions, despite the...

The seventh of the ten virtues of Ikebana is departing from any harmful thoughts. We may sometimes have evil or negative thoughts. ...

My client asked me to deliver an Ikebana work to her grandmother in hospital. I chose light yellow, pink and white to maximise the healing...

It may help for new students to know about the learning model in Ikebana.  Without that knowledge you may get frustrated in the first...

The sixth of the ten virtues of Ikebana is constant scent.  If you take up Ikebana, you can always be surrounded by the nice smell...

Flowers Victoria organised floral competitions for the first time during the Royal Melbourne Show. I was invited to participate in a compe...

Shoso and his students present an exhibition of contemporary Japanese flower arrangements.  When: 12 - 18 November 2011 Where: Kin...

Round bouquet is a very popular style for wedding. This is a hand tied bouquet, not wired but I was able to create a completely round for...

The fifth of the ten virtues of Ikebana is gaining respect. This means that Ikebana helps personal development and as a result Ikebana ...

We started a new blog for Ikebana students, Ikebana Gallery Australia. Please visit it and leave your comments. Thank you. http://...