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Saturday, 8 September 2012

Ikebana Today 3

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Let’s consider the significance of the first online Ikebana competition, Ikebana Gallery Australia Award. As I mentioned before, co...
Sunday, 2 September 2012

Ikebana Students' Exhibition 2012

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Shoso Shimbo and his students will present an exhibition of Sogetsu Ikebana.  When: 22 - 28 September 2012 (Exhibition opens at noon 22...
Sunday, 19 August 2012

Message for Advanced Students

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Several students in Shoso Shimbo's class are about to start our professional teaching diploma course after completing the Sogetsu...
Thursday, 2 August 2012

Ikebana Today 2

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In the last issue, I started to talk about some issues that Ikebana faces today, focusing first on why the number of Ikebana students i...
Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Ikebana Today 1

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Ikebana faces many problems today. One of them is that its popularity is declining, particularly in Japan. In light of the growing p...
Monday, 28 May 2012

Shoso at the National Gallery Victoria

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Shoso created a large Ikebana work, Flower Torii Gate for the Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Project, a part of the the Ne...
Monday, 21 May 2012

Corporate Dinner at Crown

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Shoso created special displays and centrepieces for a cooperate dinner show.  We have received very positive feedback from the cl...
Thursday, 10 May 2012

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2012

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In the wake of stressful experiences, people often reassess what is important in their lives. Every year in November, the monks at ...
Sunday, 6 May 2012

The Ten Virtues of Ikebana 10b

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As I mentioned last time, three of the Ten Virtues of Ikebana are concerned with the goals of Ikebana training. Basically, through Ikeb...
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Weekly Display

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My Monday morning is a time for meditation. I have been doing weekly flower for Hanabishi restaurant in Melbourne for over 10 years. This...
Friday, 9 March 2012

Special Bouquets

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I made these special hand tied bouquets for an international conference for women's health and welfare. Their request was to create v...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Shoso on Magazine

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Floral Design Magazine featured Shoso Shimbo. "Meet the very talented Shoso Shimbo and browse through his astonishing design p...
Monday, 6 February 2012

Ikebana for Special Event

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I created an Ikebana work for a graduation ceremony at a TAFE college in Melbourne. ”Our graduation night was very successful, 120 gue...
Thursday, 2 February 2012

The Ten Virtues of Ikebana 9

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The ninth of the Ten Virtues of Ikebana is to be elegant all the time. This is about the highest state of mind that Ikebana practitione...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

End of Summer

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Picking up materials from my garden, I made this arrangement. It was nice meditation on a hot day. http://www.shoso.com.au