CAROL BRECKER VIDEOS

TEACHING VIDEOS

Carol Brecker is certified as a 1^st level Jonin Somu teacher; is a member of the Sogetsu Teachers Association; and Chairperson for the Arizona Sonoran Desert Sogetsu Study Group under the direction of the Sogetsu school and foundation in Tokyo, Japan. She is an avid student of ikebana since 2002 and teacher since 2006. She travels to Japan and around the U.S. to learn and teach.

Carol sensei loves teaching and takes great pleasure in sharing Sogetsu ikebana basics, tradition, and techniques with her students. Weekly lessons also include how to prepare, preserve, alter, and use floral and branch materials in unusual and interesting ways to keep arrangements fresh and intriguing.

The following videos were produced for students in the early months of the Covid pandemic to stimulate and lift spirits when in-person classes were not possible. Enjoy the videos as examples of Carol’s artful designs, demonstrations, workshops, and teaching style.

Sogetsu Ikebana with Aloe by Carol Brecker

Look for surprising results in this Sogetsu Ikebana arrangement by instructor Carol Brecker. Just one desert plant material: Aloe leaves and flowers with a dried and colored flower stem are amazingly elegant and graceful.

Bright, Funky Sogetsu Ikebana by Carol Brecker

Grab colored paper and a bowl to make a vase! Geometric and contemporary in hot summer colors with lots of personality. Do it today.

Clear Vase and Pond Scene With Carol Brecker, Sogetsu Ikebanist

Create a clear plastic vase with plum branch stand. Feel cool and relaxed with a simple pond scene arrangement using just Aspidistra Flower and leaves.

Creating a Custom Ikebana Vase with Carol Brecker

With simple materials and tools, you can design a vase you will love to use for your ikebana arrangements. Imagine the shape, color, and texture you want and go for it.

Exotic, Graceful Palm Sogetsu Ikebana with Carol Brecker

Palms beckon us to have fun in the sun. Carol Brecker's large ikebana creation is playful and calls you to see what you can do with this versatile material.

Carol Brecker Sogetsu Ikebana with Tree Morning Glory

Carol Brecker designs a simple freestyle arrangement to harmonize with a large triangular footed suiban. The quiet pink and gray materials in an uplifting design is comforting and calming.

Sogetsu Ikebana with Desert Sage, Mexican Fan Palm, and Hesperaloe

Carol Brecker shows how to change the appearance of Mexican Fan Palm to create a freestyle arrangement to complement a special vase with a contemporary motif.

Carol Brecker's Freestyle Ikebana with midolino and palm

Brecker gives tips on creating a woven shape for a bright and festive arrangement.

Carol Brecker Sogetsu Ikebana with willow and amaryllis

Feel the spirit move for peace and justice in this prayerful arrangement by Sogetsu Ikebana teacher Carol Brecker.

Carol Brecker's Sogetsu Ikebana Nagiere with Cape Honeysuckle

Carol Brecker creates a graceful romantic half-moon shaped line in this nagiere with cape honeysuckle and orange jubilee. Learn how she intersects the branch with a soege-dome for a perfect angle.

Sogetsu Ikebana: Fun with palo blanco and amaryllis

Carol Brecker, Sogetsu Ikebana Sensei, creates a lively, exuberant arrangement with desert garden materials in a favorite self-made pottery vase.

Desert Palm and Yucca Ikebana by Carol Brecker

Trash can make the best ikebana. Eight foot tall palm fronds and desert spoon yucca flowers combine in a tropical look in Carol Brecker's Phoenix Sogetsu Ikebana Studio.

Carol Brecker's Sogetsu Ikebana: 2 styles

One gorgeous Palo Verde branch, red amaryllis and leaves form two happy arrangements. Carol Brecker teaches using a much loved bright yellow "hiotan" gourd shaped vase from Sogetsu Headquarters and large heavy kenzans.

IKEBANA WITH YUCCA, PALO VERDE, ANISCANTHUS

What a fun surprise. A 7 foot ikebana! See it and learn how it is created in the desert. A flowing mass of yellow, orange, and white blooms from a tree branch and succulent blossoms.

Carol Brecker Sogetsu Ikebana with Precious Camelia

Sogetsu Ikebana Instructor Carol Brecker lovingly arranges Camelia in an antique bronze nagieri basket gifted to her by her Ikebana mentor.

IKEBANA by CAROL VIDEO One Material Freestyle with Camellia

Learn techniques to preserve and arrange with Camelia with Sogetsu Ikebana Instructor Carol Brecker

Sogetsu Ikebana with Acacia and Bell Flower Vine

Acacia trees fill Arizona early spring mornings with fragrant gold blooms. Sogetsu Ikebana teacher Carol Brecker creates a wild mass acacia nagieri with direct fixing in a a self made ceramic vase.

Carol Brecker Ikebana: Five Material Freestyle

Sogetsu Ikebana arrangement from Sensei Carol Brecker's desert Garden in Phoenix AZ. The freestyle nagiere features line and mass designed with hop bush, tababuia, iris, calla lily, and alium.

Tropical Ikebana with Carol Brecker

See how much fun Carol Brecker has with a 36 inch banana leaf, orchids, and umbrella plant.

Nagiere and Freestyle in Carol Brecker's Sogetsu Ikebana Studio

Enjoy Carol Brecker's first Utube video created for her students and ikebana friends when her classes were cancelled by the Covid-19.

Sogetsu Ikebana: Tropicals in Glass

Peak into Sogetsu Ikebana Teacher Carol Brecker's studio and watch her arrange banana leaf and dendrobium in a giant brandy snifter; creating a humid environment to enjoy these tropicals..