Shoso Shimbo

Shoso Shimbo was selected as one of the eight artists commissioned for the Lights On | Lights Off project. When: 26, 27 and 31 July 2014 ...

Shoso Shimbo was selected for a sculpture exhibition, Artists Emerge @ WTC curated by MARS Gallery. When: Wednesday July 16 to Sunday Augu...

In the last issue, I presented a hypothesis that the term Ikebana may have been created in contrast to Rikka, the main stream of I...

See my collage at the Camberwell Art Show. It runs till Sunday 6 July. This is my first entry to the show.  http://www.camberwellrotaryartsh...

Thank you for over 50000 page views for our students' blog. http://ikebanaaustralia.blogspot.com.au Somehow the students' blog i...

What is ikebana? Let’s look into the word itself, Ikebana. When did people start using it? They needed to invent the word to describe so...

Thank you for over 600 likes for Ikebana Gallery Facebook Page. Daily meditation using Japanese mahonia from our garden.   https://www.faceb...

What is Ikebana? It may take a while to come up with a good definition. Let’s start by looking at an official definition by Kojien. Ikeb...

Let’s consider the relationship between art and Ikebana. More specifically, did Ikebana really become a form of Western art during th...

This work Frame is part of a larger interactive project, Showcase 2014, designed specifically for the Melbourne International Flower and...

Shoso Shimbo was one of the 20 artists selected for the Scupturescape in the Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2014. http://www.shoso.c...

Now, let’s consider relationship between Ikebana and art. Our focus is Sofu’s statement, “Ikebana is Art”, that brought about the great I...

This time I’d like to talk about Ikebana and Art. One of the driving forces for the Ikebana boom after the war was a slogan by Sofu Teshi...

My client, a designer asked me to make an Ikebana arrangement for her wedding reception. She initially rejected all of my proposed design...

I have presented two hypothesis regarding why the great Ikebana boom ended. First, a training to become good house wives has become le...