WA FLORAL ART SOCIETY INC 'AT HOME'  2008 Meeting 

The West Australian Floral Art Society Inc held a very successful floral afternoon on Saturday the 14th June 2008, where invitations were extended to  floral art clubs, fellow flower arrangers, guests, family and friends to share in a special mid year meeting titled 'AT HOME'.  

The staging of the Societies annual Members Championship competitions were also conducted during this meeting providing a 'Floral Feast' of textures, forms, patterns and colours showcasing the floral talents of members from this Society.  

A special demonstration  was conducted during the 'At Home' meeting by talented Floral Designer MRS AKIKO CHESTER (see images below).  To read a special report (compiled by Pene Brunning) please follow this link.. 

Special Demonstration Report

(Report compiled by Pene Brunning)

The WA Floral Art Society had the delightful and very talented Akiko Chester as their guest demonstrator at their June at Home Meeting.  This popular annual event was open to all floral art clubs, family, friends and the general public to come and join the members at their meeting, to enjoy the creativity of the exhibition benches, (exhibit in some classes) view the entries in the  Club Championship and enjoy  the Ikebana demonstration followed by a scrumptious afternoon tea.

Akiko Chester an accomplished Ikebana floral designer has been personally acknowledged by the  Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Japanese Palace for her contribution to the Japanese Culture.  She came to Australia in 1955 as a war bride and has been involved with the Japanese Consulate and the ABC to instruct and demonstrate the Japanese culture in cooking, dress and floral art ever since.

Everyone was enthralled by this gracious and skilled woman who created within an hour 12 wonderful and varied designs.  All material was collected from her garden and with minimal material and mechanics Akiko created designs of elegance and style by using the line, curve and space to maximum effect.  The simplicity of the Japanese design disguises the degree of difficulty of this style of floral art.  Akiko said that Japanese women use the art of floral design to help them keep young and this delightful woman in her 80’s is certainly an exceptional example of this.  

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The 2008 WA Floral Art Society Members Championship Competitions  

also staged during this meeting.  To view these designs simply follow this link.

 

To view other designs staged at this special June 'At HOme' meeting please follow this link.

 

WA Floral Art Society Website  'Site Map'

 

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Last updated: July 04, 2008.