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A theme with colour focus
It is a beautiful art. An art form that gives you a closer connection with nature and looks great and radiates a live, feel-good aura and into which anybody can get into. Yes, of course, it is ikebana, the wonderful Japanese art of flower arrangement that we are talking about.
Ikebana literally means “alive plant material” in Japanese. Not just floral decoration. Ikebana goes beyond and resonates with the spirit.
Among the Ikebana schools, the Sogetsu School has charmed the world the most. In 1927, Sofu Teshigahara recognised Ikebana as a creative art and founded the Sogetsu School, which permits a high order of liberty in choice of material used.
Our good old plantain flower in ikebana? Yes, virtually any green material can go into the creation of an ikebana entity.
“It is a theme with a colour focus, with whatever is available locally,” says Malathi Pandurang, Sankyu Shihan (diploma in Sogetsu School of Ikebana, Tokyo). The arrangement will stay fresh for a week, the banana material in particular. After every three days, you may cut the bottom edge of the stalks, to retain freshness. Change water after a week.
Though spectacular, it is quite an inexpensive arrangement.
HEMA VIJAY
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