Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, has been translated as “living flowers” or “giving life to flowers.” Join us from 1:15-2:15pm for an ikebana presentation by Miwa Satoh from the Ohara School of Ikebana in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center.
About the Artist
Miwa Satoh obtained her teacher’s qualification from the Ohara school in Japan in 2000. After that, she took a break from her Ikebana practice to study in the United States. Once her family life was settled, she resumed her practice in 2017. She currently teaches in Vancouver, Washington while studying under an assistant professor based in Japan. She belongs to the Ohara School Northern California chapter in the US, and the Kurume chapter in Japan.
About Ohara School
The Ohara School of Ikebana emphasizes connecting with nature season by season, utilizing the materials’ individual character, and arranging it in a naturalistic way. They are known for moribana, which broke with more traditional and formal vertical styles, creating new horizontal “landscape” arrangements, with flowers “heaped” (moru) in lower plate-like containers.
