365 Days of Ikebana-Day 48
One of the most difficult materials for me to arrange is pyracantha berries. I’m not quite sure why, maybe it’s the long branches loaded with berries, leaves and thorns. The
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 47
My starting point for today’s arrangement was a long, low ceramic contianer that I received as a gift from my partner Frederick. Several ideas went thru my head, and I
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 46
My intentions for today were to do a totally different arrangement from the one you see. I have two new containers that I want to use and my plan was
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 45
Something simple for today, a very long day for me. The most challenging thing was doing my photo late in the day without natural light. I think that the lighting
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 44
Some days it’s difficult to come up with the right idea for an arrangement and the materials play a big part in that process. I had no idea what to
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 43
Again today I used the sunflowers that came down during Hurricane Irene in my ikebana arrangement. I’m still drawn to the muted grays and earth tones of late summer and
365 Days of Ikebana -Day 42
Hurricane Irene is history, and I have photos that I tried without luck to post. However I will say that it was an interesting evening, one of the windows in
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 41
My focus has been on getting things prepped for the hurricane, so I thought I had enough time to get up today and gather some last minute floral materials before
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 40
My inspiration for today was the bay/beach, maybe it’s seeing it every day on the retreat or the impending winds/rain of hurricane Irene that influenced me. I wanted something with
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 39
Today was partly rainy and was mostly spent getting out and enjoying the day before the winds of hurricane Irene arrive on Saturday. Gathering some provisions for the weekend was