Keiko's Ikebana: A Contemporary Approach to the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging

Love the text and photos providing overview of Ikebana practices, options and what's needed to start trying some of these. I'm new to this, so the combo photos + text have been great in outlining this approach and recommendations to get begin.

This is a book for people interested in creating ikebana-style floral arrangements quickly, without any of the history, theory, or complexity of more traditional ikebana styles. If that's what you're looking for it's a great book. Do take a look at the author's specific style of ikebana before you buy--if you dislike her style you won't be interested in making any of the step-by-step projects that make up most of the book. If I'd enjoyed her style I would have kept the book, as it is I'm returning it. If you want a book about more traditional ikebana, info on the various schools/styles, in-depth info and diagrams, lots of images of each style and variation, there's another Tuttle book called Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers by Shozo Sato. That one is 5 stars all the way.

I bought this as a gift for my sister and liked it so much I bought one for myself and one for a friend. Informative, but not too much information that it's overloading. Pretty pictures and great ideas.

I am very new to Floral Design - which is now way beyond ''Flowers in a vase'' and becoming a very contemporary forms of art. So I find Ikebana to be so refreshing for its simplicity. I have taken several courses in Ikebana and find it such a relaxing form of design. Even the history of Ikebana is facinating. I refer to this book often but also just enjoy browsing through it.

Beautiful photos of outstanding ikebana. I found such inspiration from the arrangements and technical advice was priceless. I would recommend for starters in the art. Beautiful.

I was looking for something more classical than this. The designs are well photographed and described but too contemporary for my taste.

I was purchasing the book as a gift. Even though I was promised that I would receive it by a certain date, I did not. This is very unusual in my experience with Amazon - thus only four stars. The book was reasonably priced and my friend loved it!

It gave me ideas I never thought of. What a comprehensive tutorial to contemporary floral design. I will wow my guests and clients!

Bom livro para principiantes.

If you’re looking for inspiration this book is fab

Beautiful book.

super estos libros ikebana son muy buenos el contenido es muy completo para los amantes de los arreglos y flores lo recomiendo

Thank you for your up cycling of books, even when they are of a lower value