Journal archive
March 26, 2012
I used manipulated ti leaves that is curled for this arrangment, one of the leaf curls holds the tulips and narcissus in place in the container. It’s a concept I wanted to try, just to see if it would work and further my ideas. There are two containers, one to hold the leaves and one […]
Read story →March 25, 2012
AT my Saga ikebana class today we continued to do moribana landscapes, each one is based on a location in the different temperate zones from nothern to southern Japan. Today’s landscape is supposed to depict a view from a river gorge bank across the rushing waters to the other side. Cherry branches, asters, wild rose […]
Read story →March 24, 2012
March 23, 2012
March 22, 2012
Another try at manipulating ti leaves, I used two today for this ikebana along with a single white narcissus. I curled each ti leaf and made several splits long the curled leaf to form a series of curls in each leaf, and then I put them back to back. For the next few days I […]
Read story →March 21, 2012
I took a small step back into leaf manipulation today with the ti leaf paired with a single Japanese lisianthus bloom. The single bloom is a bit dark, but it was all I had today. Next time a brighter flower and different container. Leaf manipulation really interests me, but I think it could be easy […]
Read story →March 20, 2012
Here is something for the first day of spring, I’ll call it ikebana even though I know it’s more in the flower arrangement category. My partner Frederick bought me this small mid-century log novelty container and really wanted me to do something with it for him. It’s small and was probably orginally used as a […]
Read story →March 19, 2012
Once again I thought I wanted to try working with some gypsophila, a material that I still don’t quite understand. It’s an unruly puff of tiny white blooms that I keep trying to use in a pleasing way. maybe it’s that I need to just keep at it until I “get it” . That’s probably […]
Read story →March 18, 2012
Tonight I’m doing ikebana using all flowers, mostly spring blooms from our garden. This is one of the lessons in the Sogetsu textbook and it has no branches or leaves only flowers. Luckily there are lots of flowers blooming in the garden to use, narcissus, hyacinth, muscari, and more. I’m never quite sure about his […]
Read story →March 17, 2012