Photo Gallery: Worldwide Sogetsu Ikebana conference held at Descanso Gardens
Iemoto (Head Master) Akane Teshigahara gives critique of an Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) on the last day of Sogetsu School’s North American International Flower Arranging and Performance Seminar at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Dozens of conference participants from around the world gathered at Descanso Gardens for the quadrennial event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Bridget Beck of Culver City, left, and Emma Sheffer, right, of Los Angeles, collaborate to create an Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) on the last day of Sogetsu School’s North American International FLower Arranging and Performance Seminar at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Dozens of conference participants from around the world gathered at Descanso Gardens for the quadrennial event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Sogetsu L.A. Sensei (Head Master) Yokou Kitajima, center, keeps a close eye on Louis Laudermilk, left, and Sensei’s assistant Takayuki Fukasawa as they show how to properly put together an Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) on the final day of Sogetsu School’s North American International Flower Arranging and Performance Seminar at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Donzens of conference participants from around the world gathered at Descanso Gardens for the quadrennial event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Clarke Henry, of Claremont, Ca., left, and Michelle Rogers, from Canal Winchester, Oh., center, stand on ladders as they create a Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement). (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Students prepare to sketch their versions of an Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Susana Ono, of Puebla, Mexico, created her version of an Ikebana on the last day of Sogetsu School’s North American International FLower Arranging and Performance Seminar at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Gabriel Pacheco of West Hollywood creates an Ikebana using sunflowers on the last day of Sogetsu School’s North American International Flower Arranging and Performance Seminar at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Ewn Hae Park, 83, of Mountain View, Ca., creates an Ikebana at Sogetsu School’s North American International Flower Arranging and Performance Seminar at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Ana Origel, 33 of Mexico City, Mexico, sketches out an Ikebana design at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)