Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers

excellent ideas.

This guide is much more than a picture book - it is an instruction manual for how to teach yourself Ikebana. There are numerous color photographs of many different styles of Ikebana, which are great as teaching examples or simply some inspiring designs to browse through. Most useful in this book were the line drawings of Ikebana arrangements with labels to break down the very specific parts of the arrangements. There are also some examples of common mistakes that are made in some Ikebana arrangements and how to fix them or what might make them better. Very thoughtful! This book will not only show you what Ikebana looks like, it will tell you the tools and specific techniques for this art form. It will also give you the cultural background behind the art and the thought process behind Ikebana designs. This book not only shows well, it reads well for the flower or art enthusiast. I would recommend this book for any floral artist looking to bring new energy to their work. It will keep you busy for hours - great value, worth the price.

I bought this book as a present for my mother who is a gardener and has expressed interest in Ikebana. She told me last week, over four months after I gifted her the book that she absolutely loves it and finds herself leafing through every few days. She said the pictures are magical and it's given her a lot of inspiration.

A wealth of information and pictures to help the beginning practitioner of ikebana. Only criticism is that the print is quite small.

Delightful, well illustrated tome on the ancient art of Ikebana. My wife, who is in charge of this department at home, credits this gem with having taught her, in simple terms and with plenty of diagrams, how to set up gorgeous floral arrangements. I have heard the "Ooohs" and "Aaahs" of her friends when they come visit.

I’ve been learning ikebana for ten years, and this book is perfect with beautiful examples and 360 degree of introduction to ikebana. The book covers all four types of classic styles, techniques and tools needed, useful tips and steps to make ikebana arrangement. It’s a must-have for ikebana lover.

I love the beauty of the illustrations. The book gives a history of the art of Ikebana, and its developmental styles through the ages. This will be my go-to book, with its detailed information regarding the styles, their context, and the tools needed to create your own floral art!

I recently signed up to give a speech in Toastmaster's and purchased this book to learn about Ikebana. This book is wonderful, the pictures are wonderful and I will say the print in the book is rather small. Besides the small print, everything else was extremely thorough.

Das Buch ist zwar auf englisch, aber einfach super. Toll erklärt viele Beispiele drin.

This book has a lot of interesting tips for ikebana-lovers. This book contains a lot of photos with beautifull ikebana- flowers with comments how it was done and why it was done in this way. I also like that at the end of the book I can study the text list with different flowers description and comments about meaning of each flower in case you will put it in ikebana. I think this book will be a good present for those who starts in arranging ikebana flowers.

Muitas informações e imagens lindas, para quem quer se aprofundar mais nessa arte.

Il libro è arrivato in perfetta condizione. Ikebana non è una semplice opera didattica ma è una fonte di inspirazione ed uno strumento per uno richiamo continuo. Questo "tesoro" offre un insegnamento "maniacale" che permetta tutti gli appassionanti ad eseguire una composizione floreale. Però non non vuole dire "ikebana". Una composizione di ikebana non è soltanto "un'arte" come tanti credano ma si "La Ikebana" è soprattutto "Una Cultura Orientale": - Ogni elemento della composizione ha il suo "ruolo specifico". Per capirlo, dovrebbe sapere dialogare fino riuscire conoscere quale angolatura (girandolo fino 360 gradi) che possa esprimere meglio il suo stato di sensibilità per compiere il suo ruolo specifico in tale composizione floreale giapponese. Comporre equivalga anche una meditazione come i primi monaci aveva comportato per prepare questa offerta a Buddha e divinità del loro credo. La meditazione e la conoscenza della sensibilità di ogni componente è fondamentalmente per ottenere una composizione viva e non morta. Ikebana tenta di portare dalla natura reale ad una dimensione fisica in "miniatura" però non il suo vero "spirito e senso della sua esistenza". Questa non è una filosofia... È' "la Cultura" Vi consiglio di acquistare questa "opera", apprezzandola e chiedendola se avete qualche dubbio durante la vostra esecuzione....

This book is fantastic, very informative and the imagery is well thought through and helps you to understand the concepts more easily. Would recommend to others interested in the art form.