Monday, February 25, 2008

Japanese Ikebana Class


These images were shot at my recent Ikebana class - works of the advanced students. They were beyond my prior understanding of Ikenbana style. Before coming to the class, I thought Japanese flower arrangement was all about strictly sticking to the basic principles - with certain angles, number and length of branches and flowers. But I'm extremely happy to find out it goes beyond that. It's about mixing lines, forms and colors with variety of floral materials to achieve a balanced composition, proportion and beautiful negative space.




Saturday, February 23, 2008

Wandering Hearts I



Things have been hectic at home but I still managed to squeeze some time to chase my wandering hearts!! I had a great time taking the photos and cannot wait to see what others have come up with.



Thursday, February 07, 2008

Gon Xi Fa Chai


Gon Xi Fa Chai and wish you a happy RAT year!!!


PS: the top picture was taken at Ryan's preschool lion dance performance for the Chinese New Year celebration. The kids had a blast.