Ikebana – the Japanese Art of Arranging Flowers Els Claes started Ikenobo Ikebana in 1997. In 2002 she visited the headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, and since then her passion for Ikebana, the Japanese culture, and art only grew stronger. From 2003 onwards she regularly participated in different seminars in Europe, contributed to various exhibitions, and organized events. She also teaches, gives workshops and classes, and she offers Ikebana in art galleries to let as many people enjoy Ikebana as possible. Ikebana as an Art Form Is Part of the ‘Japanese’ Culture and Forms Part of our Daily Life Driven by her enthusiasm, she started taking lessons at the Ikenobo headquarters in Kyoto in 2006. Since then, she tries to visit Japan whenever the opportunity is offered. At the beginning of 2017, she received the grade of Sokakan (Professor of Ikebana, 2nd Grade). Professionally, Els works as a landscape architect in the Antwerp based office of Fondu landscape architects.
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