Category Archives: ikebana

Floral Design ~ Where the Artistry Comes First

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Administrator

Tweet Bird of Paradise Ikebana The Bird of Paradise Ikebana (at left) appears in Yukiko’s new video — a one minute showing of her dis­tinc­tive style in floral design. We placed the video in her Yelp! listing to let viewers … Continue reading →

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Cymbidium Bouquet Blends Ikebana & Contemporary Styles

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Administrator

TweetYukiko adds lily grass and curly willow to the orchids in this hand-​crafted, flat vase (13″ wide, 3″ opening. Is this design more “ike­bana” than “blended con­tem­po­rary style(s)?” Let Yukiko know what you think. Check out the new “freestyle ike­bana” … Continue reading →

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Quince, Black Bamboo, Bundled Horsetails & Cymbidium Orchids Ikebana

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Administrator

TweetEarly flow­ering of quince in this mild winter weather inspires Yukiko’s ike­bana of New Year’s kado­matsu and, of course, quince with Marin’s sea­sonal flowers and berries.

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Hawaiian Tee Leaves Tied with Curley Willow ~

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Administrator

TweetCymbidium and kale com­plete this simple yet refined design by Yukiko. Yukiko starts the new year selecting weekly designs to dis­play in FloralDesignbyYukiko blog on Wednesdays. She posts addi­tional phở­to­genic designs from her studio as oppor­tu­nity sug­gests during the week. … Continue reading →

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5-​foot Bamboo Bouquet, New Year Prosperity ~ 2012

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Administrator

TweetThree bam­boos with orchids, kale and curley willow sym­bolize health and pros­perity at Smith Ranch Homes in San Rafael.

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Bride, Bridesmaids & Bouquets — San Francisco Hill

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Administrator

TweetWed­ding phở­tographs for Jolie and Nori, at the Uni­ver­sity Club in San Fran­cisco, were taken by JAY­TSAIpho­tog­ra­phy . Yukiko noticed that Jay’s pic­tures included nearly all the flo­ral arrange­ments of the Ike­bana Wed­ding Flow­ers theme. Click to view more of … Continue reading →

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Orchids, Roses & Leucadendron Arrangement: Hawaiian Flavor

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Peter

TweetCelebration floral design includes Nandina berries from Marin wrapped with curly willow. Hawaiian and Ikebana motifs blend with con­tem­po­rary floral design styles by Yukiko. Fairfax, California, April 2011

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Ikebana Sympathy Arrangement

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Peter

TweetYukiko used Spring flowers in this Rising Orchid design: white phae­lanopsis, green spider mums, equi­situm and harakeke. This freestyle ike­bana is char­ac­ter­ized as respectful and uplifting. Yukiko designs many sym­pathy flower arrange­ments, often in ike­bana freestyle, San Francisco, California, March … Continue reading →

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Ikebana Wedding Flowers

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Peter

TweetIkebana theme for wed­ding at University Club in San Francisco cre­ates photo essay in Floral Design blog. Above is one of sev­eral dif­ferent ike­bana table cen­ters pre­pared for wed­ding dinner at University Club. Additional images by JAYTSAIphotography appear on Ikebana … Continue reading →

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8 Floral Designs by Yukiko Appear in “Practical Horticulture”

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Peter

Tweet This col­lege text­book, in its recently pub­lished Seventh Edition, added a new chapter (19), “Decorating With Growing Plants and Fresh Flowers.” It fea­tures eight of Yukiko’s designs. You may see the eight phở­tographs in color in our spe­cial pdf … Continue reading →

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