Buffalo ichiyo ikebana teachers

No matter how good one may be in the art of ikebana, if one does not have a teacher whom one has given permission to critique one's work, there is always the risk of one's arrangements being uninspiring, and lacking in creativity and sophistication.  Teachers always have the benefit of seeing our arrangements from a different perspective and from more years of experience.  Lucky for me, I have two teachers.  My first teacher--Gail--used to give me lessons throughout the year in Rochester, NY.  But, with her now living in Florida for 6 months out of the year, I have to take lessons from her teacher (Karen) who lives year around in the Rochester area also.  Both have their own styles of expressing ikebana.  But this being so, their arrangements still show the characteristics of being Ichiyo School of Ikebana arrangement.  Unfortunately, neither of them offer lessons in the Buffalo area, but with me being far enough along in my studies with them, it is possible for me to teach ikebana in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana style here is Buffalo.  One of Gail's arrangements is above and shows a greater degree of sophistication and depth than mine.  But, the great thing about continuing to take ikebana lessons, is that the kinds of arrangements that one loves that our teachers make, are the ones that inspire us to make just as awesome arrangements too as we gain experience.  Both of the arrangements I've included in this post are from my initial teacher--Gail.  These are fall arrangements which offer their own end of year beauty.  In the picture below, one sees the use of frames which is characteristic of the Ichiyo School of Ikebana style.