Ikebana: Living Flowers

Designer to Hollywood Celebrities Launches Web Business to Support Artists ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Carol Kipling, designer to Hollywood celebrities, announces the launch of ashtonroad.com , Living with master-crafted contemporary art , a web-based business with a mission to support artists and bring original art into people's everyday lives.

"Ashton Road is the result of my work with artists and artisans to create contemporary heirloom pieces for my clients," said Kipling. "I saw the difficulty artists have surviving the prevalence of mass-produced items. I want to assure master artistic techniques are passed to the next generation."

Proven track record, relationships

"What makes Ashton Road different is having a designer with Carol's track record of success selecting pieces from around the world for the Ashton Road collection," said Akemi Sagawa, an Ashton Road founder.

"Carol has worked for decades to find the best artists and artisans for her private clientele. Now she brings her relationships and impeccable sense of taste and design to everyone," said Joann Hamick, an Ashton Road founder.

Source: Sacramento Bee

Ikebana Medulla Vases | Interior Design Ideas, Modern Furniture ...

by interiordesign

At the end of January Graindorge Benjamin did a design / plant performance, with four pots and Ikebana Medulla to Ymer Malta Gallery Graindorge Benjamin explains: "Medulla Ikebana is inhabited, as a source of water - a thread that seems to be still, but that is the life, when you approach. With her inner beauty and the strange, Medusa-like vessel that is between the animal and the machine, like a mechanical spider out of the Matrix."Via

Benjamin Graindorge designer is a designer that tests the matter of his line drawing. The voltage setting in the drawing and the resolution is the final date of a process that often begins with one detail: a slight movement, a shudder of botany, a metallic resonance that triggers his imagination.He is passionately involved with the design of objects of contemplation, the point-like sanctuary for meditation at home, the alarm sensors that reflect our thoughts more elusive....

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News

Can You Find Larkspur In Larkspur?

Patch.com - Dec 31, 1969

Edibles and ornamentals are intermixed with flowers grown for Ikebana flower arrangements. The Bay-Friendly Garden Tours help people share their passion for gardening with the community. This spring the tour will open gates to 69 diverse gardens

San Francisco Mother's Day Celebration "The Secret Garden, Discover The Magic ...

San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - Dec 31, 1969

California, is hosting it annual Mother's Day weekend flower show with spectacular floral exhibits and garden vignettes from top Bay Area florists, including San Francisco Japanese Ikebana florist Kaori Imaizumi of Blooming Floral Design.

San Francisco Mother's Day Celebration “The Secret Garden, Discover The Magic ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Dec 31, 1969

California, is hosting it annual Mother's Day weekend flower show with spectacular floral exhibits and garden vignettes from top Bay Area florists, including San Francisco Japanese Ikebana florist Kaori Imaizumi of Blooming Floral Design.

July calendar of events

The Seattle Times - Dec 31, 1969

July 27-29 Juried festival of art, crafts and design, music, artist demonstrations and food vendors. 9:30 am-9:30 pm July 27-28, 9:30 am-6 pm July 29, Bellevue Square, Bellevue Way at Northeast Eighth Street, Bellevue;

The Ikebana Collection

ModernSalon.com - Dec 31, 1969

Together they learned the most elaborate Ikebana arrangements were given specific Rikka names based on key branches and positions (think “ballet”). Each design in the Aquage Ikebana Collection is inspired by and labeled to match a Rikka position.