KSKeith Stanley

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365 Days of Ikebana-Day 260

Our material for our Sogetsu ikebana class tonight was cherry branches and azalea, and we were asked to do a either a horizontal nagiere or moribana. Luckily I took a tall vase for nagiere, and I think it’s much easier to make a truly horizontal design in. The cherry gives it a great horizontal line, […]

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365 Days of Ikebana-Day 256

My ikebana today is some work with curved lines using tulips and a painted branch. The last half of the week has been hard for me creatively, I’m just not inspired and I don’t know why. It could be the pollen, or that I am waiting for more variteies of flowers to come into bloom. […]

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365 Days of Ikebana-Day 254

This green glass vase is one that I love, it has a great shape and the glowing green from the light going through the vase gives me a lift. I think using the lemon as the hana kubari works quite well, it uses form and function to add value to the design. With the addition […]

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