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Website title: ROADSIDE IKEBANA

Publisher:  chrisjjames
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At my Melbourne class I asked the students to make an ikebana using "Colours in the same tonal range". This exercise creates a richness of colour through the variation in the tones of that colour.

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Last weekend I attended two days of workshops with Master Instructor Mori, whom I referred to in last week's posting. I really enjoyed the workshops. The themes were interesting and Master Mori's critique was instructive.
On the first day, the workshops were held at the

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Roadside Ikebana has been travelling from Adelaide to Torquay. A 725 km journey that takes over 8 hours. It is more like 9 - 10 hours when allowing for lunch break, etc. We, Laurie and I, have come to the conclusion that it is more pleasant to do this over two days rather than arrive exhausted. Hence the delay in this posting.
We stayed overnight in the rural city ...

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 Yesterday three of my Geelong students and I participated in a one day Festival organised by the Japanese Association of Geelong. It was held at the Geelong Show Grounds and offered a wide range of activities, and displays of Japanese material culture. The activities included taiko drumming, cosplay, musical events, martial arts, bonsai and origami workshops. The ma...

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Late last year we had some very strong wind-storms which badly damaged a large Pomaderris bush . It was sited against a side fence in the garden that screened the neighbouring property. After removing the damaged branches I decided that I really needed to replace ...

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