Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
My inoribana arrangement from yesterday was so much fun that I thought I would try it again today. I had a great selection of flowers to use, a tulip, red twig dogwood and palm leaf. It looks pretty good, and it makes me look forward to my ikebana lesson Sunday when I will get to do it once more, this time with some added tips and improvements. Tomorrow I plan to start looking for some new containers for ikebana, it’s always great to have something new to help inspire and challenge me.
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Yesterday I made my return to my Saga Goryu ikebana classes after missing a few classes during December. The shogonka arrangement I posted yesterday was from our class lesson, and we had intended to do a second lesson (inoribana) but ran out of time. So today I thought it would be fun to try doing inoribana or “prayer flowers” arrangement that we did not do in class on my own. This ikebana is meant to evoke an image of hands clasped in prayer, and I hope the piece I created portrays that.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The only fresh material I had today to work with was the “Mickey Mouse” anthuriums from Saturday’s workshop. I had a long list of things to do today, and I really should have put getting some fresh flowers and foliage at the top. But sometimes you have to work with what you have, and I did. I have a great driftwood branch that I love, and it seemed like a good start. Then I found a structure I had made months ago with cut pieces of rose stems, gold wire and white pearl and gold beads. It’a piece I made just to see what it would look like, and to try to see if I could recycle some of the discarded stems. They almost always go in the trash as they don’t break down very well in the compost. It’s been waiting to be used and tonight it really was the finishing touch I needed for this piece. Hooray for recycling and experimentation!!!
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