365 Days of Ikebana-Day 8
My fist day back in WAshington,DC after a few weeks away. It’s nice to be home and have a larger selection of ikebana containers and some photographic backgrounds. Today my
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 7
It’s 4:30am and I forgot to bring any flowers inside to do my ikebana, and I tried going out with a flashlight but that didn’t work out so well. I
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 6
My quick ikebana for today, I’m busy trying to pack and get ready to travel tomorrow. Up at 4:30am, hoping to get a small arrangement done,photographed, and posted.
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 5
Day 5 was a challenge in the oppressive heat. I wanted to find some greenbrier vines in the woods, and the heat and bugs were terrible. After searching for a
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 4
For Day 4 I wanted to do something with the Japanese knotweed growing nearby, it’s an extremely invasive plant but I still like using it. I cut a large stem
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 3
The arrangement is simple, really almost too simple but I like it. Part of this project is to grow and make more complex/out of the box work, and by the
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 2
Day 2 of my project “365 Days of Ikebana” is here, and I have my work from today on view. I started with a fountain of zebra grass and a
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 1
Today is the very first day of my new project: 365 Days of Ikebana. It’s something I have been thinking about for a while, something to get me motivated to
Ikebana Using Colored, Dried and Fresh Materials
This is my latest ikebana work using a dried sunflower saved from last summer, a branch that I have colored red, and a fresh begonia leaf from the garden. The
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Saga Goryu Ikebana-Shogonka
Photographed in my outdoor “studio” (also know as the great ourdoors) the Shogonka arrangement from my Saga Goryu Ikebana class this week. This is one of the four main styles