This is the last design for the five day challenge, which I finished a few days ago on Instagram. I’m tempted to do more. Right now I am considering a new project to post here. I’m not quite sure I am up to a daily project, something weekly perhaps. A combination of European floral design […]
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Designing with wire forms
Working with wire is something I greatly enjoy. It gives me the opportunity to make more unusual work, and to create things that I love. It’s more of a challenge these days with limited access to the right botanical materials, it this one worked out great. I hope these designs interest you and inspire you […]
Miniature designs continued…..
This is my design for day 3 of a five day miniature design challenge on Instagram. Posting a few days late, but you can see the current work on my Instagram account. For this piece I made a construction using black stub and winding wire (and a large water tube) to make a form that […]
Small scale works
Today I am posting another small work that I created yesterday as part of a series for a 5 day challenge of miniature designs. They’re being post to my Instagram account daily, but I wanted to share them here also. It’s a great distraction during the world pandemic occurring now, it also a way to […]
New beginnings
It’s been a while since I posted anything here, and the time has come to return. Today’s design is a miniature piece inspired by the work of German designer Gregor Lersch. Mostly with pieces I have on hand, as during this difficult time in the world it is a bit harder to obtain floral materials. […]
Floral Variations
This is an arrangement I did for the Independent Floral Designers Association table at Potomac Floral for their annual flower show in March. I thought it would be a good chance to do something that was ikebana inspired using a basic ceramic container and floral foam. My only limitation was that it could be no […]
Ikebana International Exhibition at the United States National Arboretum
The annual spring exhibition presented by Washington, D.C. Chapter 1 of Ikebana International begins on Friday, April 3rd at the United States National Arboretum. Today was installation day for the first week of the exhibition. My arrangement with the Sogetsu School of Ikebana is shown above. It features intertwining materials emphasizing line and space. […]
Workshop with Hitomi Gilliam
Many years ago I took a great course learning european floral design techniques at the AFS Education Center (now Teleflora) in Oklahoma City, OK. It was a great experience, and at the time it was suggested to me that I should study with one of the other designers who taught design classes there, and her […]
Wood and Bamboo Strips
Taking a few materials left over from past projects I did a little experimentation and came up with this. Lately there has been a return to some work with bamboo, something I would love to do more of. I’ll keep the bamboo in mind with some of my works this summer.
Ikebana International Exhibition at the U.S. National Arboretum
Today the third and last exhibition installation of ikebana by the Washington,DC Chapter of Ikebana International opened at the U.S. National Arboretum. All of the ikebana arrangements are on view from 10AM until 4PM thru Monday, April 21. At the exhibition you can see the piece I did using bamboo, colored contorted filbert branches, craspedia, […]