December 17, 2011
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December 16, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 152
Simple white and green arrangements are wonderful during the winter season, here I have used evergreens with white hydrangeas and “Eskimo” roses. The Eskimo roses are a lovely white like the December full moon, opened to a full multi-petaled bloom. I’ve left one side of the container open to show some of the water in […]
Read story →December 15, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 151
Winter berries are always plentiful this time of year so I thought I would do something with them. The combination of winter berries (ilex) and pepper berries seemed too close in color so I added some bitterswwet for contrast and to get some movement with the twisting vine. It’s simple and understated for a winter […]
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365 Days of Ikebana-Day 150
A very quick post and arrangement tonight, massed flowers using a rock as fixture. In this case the rock acts as the kenzan in a way, it holds the stems of roses, lisianthus, orchid and juniper in place. It’s a small piece, almost like a little landscape or garden.
Read story →December 13, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 149
In the freestyle ikebana I did today there are two stems of red amaryllis, one is straight up and the other is inverted in an upside down position. The upside down stem is wired in two places to the taller upright stem, to keep the upside down bloom fresh you simply add some water into […]
Read story →December 12, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 148
A quick holiday vertical composition for today, done in a self made vessel. The roses are one of my new favorites, an antique gold color variety called “Combo”. I’ve paired them with a stem of holly and some juniper to create this vertical design. The Combo roses really make this arrangement, the full open blooms […]
Read story →December 11, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 147
Ikebana wihtout using a kenzan, it’s a pretty simple concept but not quite so easy to do. It’a all about balance, and working to interlace the materials to get them to stand while adding more materials. This one looks simple, but it’s still difficult because there are only two bradford pear branches and one stem […]
Read story →December 10, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 146
Out of necessity and fatigue I made this small floral offering for view tonight. It’s easy, but just want I needed to do when I am this tired. The timing of the holidays, being so busy and having this project to do are all colliding. Temperatures in the 30’s in the studio don’t help much […]
Read story →December 9, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 145
Another attempt at “simplified expression”, this time I pared it down to try to get the feel I wanted. It’s close, but still not quite what I wanted. Getting that feeling of simple grace and ease with a few materials is a lot of work and just not that easy. However I have a better […]
Read story →December 8, 2011
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 144
Simplified expression is the theme for today’s arrangement, done with evergreens and a white phalaenopsis orchid bloom. I did the arrangement and later on decided to review the textbook and read the description again to get a better feel for it. While the one I did was ok, I need to really be more radical […]
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