Brad Case, PhD, CFA, CAIA

Nicely done!

Excellent. I didn’t know such a thing as “floristry beads” existed! Thanks.

Altar arrangement incorporating several large winter squash, pepper bushes, ornamental kale, magenta Gerbera daisies, and a pomegranate.

The altar arrangement I created for tomorrow’s worship service.

Beautiful as usual!

Do you have a layer of marbles so the water is there but the leaves aren’t in too much contact with it?

My Moribana Chokuritsu-kei upright style) from today’s #ikebana class with my #Ohara-ryu sensei Yuko Wain.

You are such a blessing!

I just finished Crossing the River, by Caryl Phillips. What a novel. About the African diaspora. In the hands of a very, very assured writer. Oh my.

Wonderful!

Welcome to Bluesky!

Lovely again!

Ikebana of white and yellow daisies plus a single rose in a shallow dark grey container, placed on a wooden pig board in a fireplace with a black background, with a ceramic tea bowl and a cloth showing carp placed nearby.

I decided the fireplace is boring when there’s no fire.

Check out Ikebana International. If there’s a chapter in your city, they’ll have a website with info on teachers from the different schools.

So beautiful!

Ikebana with sunflowers, nandina leaf fronds, dried Chinese lantern pods, and a light-orange-and-white patterned cloth in a one-row container.

I just created this #ikebana arrangement using the #tenugui that my son gifted me yesterday.

Altar arrangement incorporating deep red gerbera daisies, red dahlias, orange ranunculus, and a large bright yellow bowl tipped up to look almost like a sun. Also greens and several candles.

Today’s altar arrangement for Westmoreland Congregational #UCC in Bethesda Maryland.

I remember sky. It was blue as ink. Or at least I think I remember sky.

I love you two!

That’s awesome!

Today’s meeting of Ikebana International Chapter #1 (Washington DC), focused on creating #ikebana representing each level of a Japanese pagoda, was outstanding. I’m lucky to live in a city with such a vibrant chapter and with such talented ikebana artists for me to learn from!

Arrangement incorporating a shallow container on a tripod, a length of bamboo balanced at a diagonal, several branches of greenery protruding from the bamboo, and a large white hydrangea representing the moon.

Arrangement by Alice Litchfield (Ichiyo school) representing Space or Sky, for the 5th level of a five-level pagoda, and responding to this Basho haiku: From time to time The clouds give rest to The moon beholders. At today’s #Ikebana International Chapter #1 (DC) program on Japanese Pagodas.

Arrangement incorporating a vertical container, strongly right-swept branches and greenery, silver leaves, and several white flowers, also strongly swept to the right.

Arrangement by Patti Lemmerman (Sogetsu school) representing Wind, for the 4th level of a five-level pagoda, and responding to this Shiki haiku: The lantern blown out; The sound of the wind Through the trees. At today’s #Ikebana International Chapter #1 (DC) program on Japanese Pagodas.

Arrangement incorporating two pieces of wood, flowers in red chrysanthemum and kangaroo paws representing embers, orange lily and gerbera daisy representing flames, a few Japanese maple, and in a separate container a large white hydrangea representing a ball of snow.

Arrangement by Alice Buch (Ohara school) representing Fire, for the 3rd level of a five-level pagoda, and responding to this Basho haiku: You make the fire; I’ll show you something wonderful: A big ball of snow. Built at today’s #Ikebana International Chapter #1 (DC) program on Japanese Pagodas.

Arrangement incorporating greenery falling like water, a leaf flowing out to the side representing a river, flowers in purple, red, and peach representing villages, greenery representing mountains, and a branch of rose with petals ready to drop.

Arrangement by Lanna Mai (Ikenobo school) representing Water, for the 2nd level of a five-level pagoda, and responding to this Basho haiku: Petals of the mountain rose Fall now and then: The roar of the waterfall. At today’s #Ikebana International Chapter #1 (DC) program on Japanese Pagodas.

Arrangement incorporating a strong container, triangular rock, several branches, several kinds of greenery, and small yellow coreopsis, the color representing earth.

Arrangement by Susan Kasa (Saga Goryu school) representing Earth, for the first level of a five-level pagoda, and responding to this Basho haiku: Along the mountain road Somehow it tugs at my heart: A wild violet. At today’s #Ikebana International Chapter #1 (DC) program on Japanese Pagodas.

So beautiful!

Altar arrangement combining a keyboard, a trombone, a French horn, dark blue delphinium, light blue hydrangea, and several dried flowers that are grey or silver.

Altar arrangement celebrating our Music Director. His favorite colors are blue and silver/grey. #Music #Ikebana #FlowerArranging #UCC

Three arrangements in the one-row form of the O’Hara school of ikebana, each composed of purple gladiolus, white carnations, small yellow mums, and ferns.

My first One-Row Form #Ikebana

Maika’i!

I do ohara, and sogetsu is probably the majority of my workshop group. Quite different, huh?