This colorful, easy-to-follow guide will walk you through the steps of ten different Ikebana projects. Before you know it you'll be creating your very own unique and beautiful flower arrangements.

Everyone appreciates the natural beauty of flowers. With this book you'll learn how to express your creative side through the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging. Step-by-step instructions and clear photographs show you how fun and easy it can be to make all kinds of attractive flower arrangements, including:
-- Kenzan Moribana: a basic style using a low, open container
-- Nageire Ikebana: formal arrangements that balance length and weight
-- Suiban (water platter) Ikebana: the earliest form of Ikebana, using a shallow platter filled with water
-- Natural Style Ikebana: arrangements that imitate nature.

Once you've created your own arrangements you can display them or give them as gifts, sharing a part of nature -- and a part of yourself -- with the people around you.

Shozo Sato is a freelance artist in Ikebana, Sumi-e, and theatre. He is the author of numerous books including The Art of Arranging Flowers: A Complete Guide to Japanese Ikebana. He conducts workshops on Ikebana and Sumi-e in his own studio and around the United States.

64 pages. Hardcover.