Simple & Easy Flower Arrangements - Softcover

This book was designed so that anyone could easily enjoy Ikebana, without getting caught up in rigid convention. The past several years have brought us new technologies that have changed the way we live, and perhaps it's time we think about introducing more variety in the ways we use flowers to decorate. Flower arrangement should be less about clinging to conventional containers, and more about using things found in daily life to express yourself. All arrangements are explained step-by-step using photos, so that even a beginner can follow along. Quick and easy flower arrangements will help you enrich your lifestyle, and this book can show you how.

ATSUKO ONO's interest in floral arrangement started in high school, when she studied tea ceremony, as well as the Sensho Ikenobo school of ikebana. After graduating from Bunka Women's Junior College, where she majored in fashion, she eventually landed in New York, and started her studies of the western style of flower arrangement. With a focus the more practical aspects of arrangement, she uses her foundation in ikebana to bring a new perspective to modern floral presentation. She also appears actively both printa and television media.