Ikebana Arrangement with Bell Pepper Flowers

Last week was eventful. Crazy Hand Made exhibition, Samsung Global Blogger contest and Sogetsu Ikebana school opening on Sakhalin island. 

My readers know that I attend Ikebana class that's my hobby. Last week our school moved to the building of Institute for Economics and Oriental Studies (at Sakhalin State University). To celebrate this event we showed a live demo on making ikebana. 

My Ikebana teacher allows me to experiment with materials. I usually add fruit and vegetable carving details to my ikebana arrangements. This time I carved flowers of bell peppers. I was doubt if that was a good idea to combine the free style and the traditional japanese art. But my inner voice said "Just Do That!" :) 

Watch the video with our presentation made by a local TV. I have a short interview there. I am telling about tools that we use for making ikebana arrangements. 

Ikebana with flowers carved of bell pepper