The narrative highlights the importance of creating intentional spaces of silence and mindfulness amidst the chaos of chronic illness. Drawing parallels between ikebana and living with leukemia, it ...

Ikebana is the Japanese art form of arranging flowers, but it directly translates to “making flowers alive.” A large variety of blossoms, leaves, stems and branches are used as materials for the ...

Using a Lazy Susan, Emiko Suzuki spun around a large arrangement of blooming forsythia, noting the relative merits and drawbacks of the way the leggy branch rose from the container. Suzuki, a Senior ...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. —Using a Lazy Susan, Emiko Suzuki spun around a large arrangement of blooming forsythia, noting the relative merits and drawbacks of the way the leggy branch rose from the ...

Age is truly just a number for Akiko Bourland, who fell in love with ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of harmonious flower arrangement, when she attended high school in Yokohama, Japan. After decades ...

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. It's a tradition that goes back centuries, and its design principles are governed by specific rules and techniques. But as with any art, creativity and ...

Ikebana is the traditional art of Japanese flower arrangement. Here, local ikebana specialist Jeanne Houlton shares her passion for the art form. St. Petersburg resident Jeanne Houlton, a Junior ...

Five years ago architect Ravi Gunewardena took up Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. Now he eagerly anticipates a performance by the school’s highest master, the Iemoto, Akane Teshigahara, ...

This photo fromy Lauren Paul shows an example of the Japanese flower-arranging tradition of ikebana. This photo shows a stem being fixed in place on a kenzan, which is a heavy, spiked block used in ...