geriserviMar 21, 2021Ikebana Vases and Display StandsCheck out these newly listed vases and our array of display stands at the IkebanaDreaming collection on Etsy. This Ohara-style vase is a...
geriserviFeb 18, 2021Chaos to Stillness: an Ikebana ExerciseFail, fail again, fail better. -- Samuel Beckett Pardon the interlude these past couple months. With COVID's relentless march across the...
majesticrsDec 6, 2020Ikebana Holiday ArrangementsOh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. -- Joni Mitchell The Holiday Season is here…. Somehow, the exclamation point seems...
geriserviNov 18, 2020Give the Gift of IkebanaThe holidays are fast approaching. Although they’re sure to be different this year, showing love to family and friends is more important...
geriserviOct 28, 2020No Kenzan -- Tools and Techniques...discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. -- Marcel Proust On my morning walk, the air is...
geriserviSep 13, 2020Ikebana without Kenzan: Surprising Things HappenI live in Bend, Oregon, perhaps one of the most beautiful places on the planet. It sits at the base of towering Mt. Bachelor and the...
geriserviSep 7, 2020Featured Plant - AlstroemeriaAlstroemeria is that humble bloom that can save the day in ikebana. It’s so easy, you feel like a pro, so abundant and affordable, it’s...
geriserviAug 21, 2020Hiding the KenzanIn the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. -- Shunryu Suzuki I was a little awestruck...
geriserviJul 16, 2020Avoid Drowning, Dive into IkebanaI’m a swimmer and a fan of the writer Bonnie Tsui. She loves swimming and writes about it often and eloquently. In a recent article, she...
geriserviJul 3, 2020Featured Plant: TulipPerhaps the tulip is the only earthly bloom that boasts a Golden Age. Yes, Tulipmania was really a thing. There was a time in the 17th...
geriserviJun 20, 2020How Things Are NowThe poet must not avert his eyes. - Werner Herzog In an ikebana class, we students were once asked to pick an emotion -- anger, sadness,...
geriserviJun 14, 2020Featured Vase - Karukaya Hashirakake Some DaiSay what? Following is a simple translation: KARUKAYA – a reed (Themeda triandra var. japonica, a variety of kangaroo grass) HASHIRAKAKE...
-Jun 7, 2020Moribana - a PrimerOut of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. -- William Butler Yeats And so it...
geriserviMay 24, 2020Featured Plant: DaffodilsYou normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils.... Alain de Botton It's that time. Can we all agree?...
geriserviMay 15, 2020NageireLet's continue the deconstruction of an arrangement from an earlier post that illustrates nageire, a style of arrangement featuring a...
geriserviMay 2, 2020Featured Plant - ForsythiaForsythia is uniquely suited to ikebana. Its long, meandering branches create an elegant line for shin or soe (main stems). The blazing...
geriserviApr 25, 2020Why We're Here...I've been away awhile, and by that I mean from ikebana. It's been winter and in Central Oregon the flowers and flora burrow deep and...
geriserviNov 2, 2019Autumn Ikebana at the Portland Japanese Garden Sogetsu Portland hosted The Radiance of Autumn, an ikebana exhibit at the Portland Japanese Garden on October 26-27. The show was a...
geriserviOct 12, 2019Now Shop at Ikebana Dreaming!Did you know you can purchase ikebana vases and accessories here at Ikebana Dreaming? Just click on the SHOP link above to find a great...
geriserviAug 30, 2019Meetup, Bend ORI've organized an Ikebana Meetup here in Bend, OR. If you live nearby, please join us! We gather once a month. Most members have had...