Journal archive
November 11, 2011
Today one of my friends gave me a small ikebana vase, the small kind that potters make with the kenzan already inside. I’ve sure many of you have seen them, and they are cute but not an easy thing to work with. I did try my best tonight to make this piece, and i relaly […]
Read story →November 10, 2011
Heliconia and kiwi vine made a chilly day brighter and seem just a little bit warmer. Maybe the fact that I was daydreaming about a trip to a tropical climate helped things too. My first verson of the arrangement was more vertical, not bad but just not working for me. I thought it would look […]
Read story →November 9, 2011
Here are two version of the same arrangement for your viewing. Which version do you prefer, and why?
Read story →November 8, 2011
Fall is a time for the celebration of the harvest, and there is no better time to do a morimono arrangement. In basic terms it’s really a big centerpiece that can include fruits, vegetables, root, flowers and leaves. It’s kind of piled up much like a moribana, but made to be pleasing to the eye […]
Read story →November 7, 2011
A tea bowl is filled with colored and dried materials, I chose to use the colors in the same tonal range as the bowl. White colored kiwi vine, two shades of blue-green dried hydrangea and a dried sunflower. While I love fresh sunflowers I have really grown to love the dried ones so much more. […]
Read story →November 6, 2011
This moribana was made with materials from my garden. I have these wonderful large banana leaves, balloon vine and lace cap hydrangea. There still hasn’t been a real frost here(althought we have had snow) so the garden continues to have materials to use. Tomorrow is supposed to be 70 degrees so the weather is helping […]
Read story →November 5, 2011
For this arrangement I used the same container from yesterday, I think it’s important to show how many different things can be done in the same containers. It has some hydrangeas from my friend Sue’s yard, chrysanthemums from my garden and more of the red honeysuckle berries collected in the neighborhood. The open space does […]
Read story →November 4, 2011
This long low black container was just right for an arrangement showing space. It’s not a very big piece of pottery and it would be easy to overwhelm and overfill. I used the bird’s nest fern to create a hana kubari to anchor the curved akebia vine, and the vine itself to anchor the orange […]
Read story →November 3, 2011
A relatively simple design tonight, made with bird’s nest fern and a Japanese lantern. It casts an interesting shadow, one of the reasons i like it so much. It’s playful and fun, and just enought for today.
Read story →November 2, 2011
More manipulation of materials today, working once again with the equisetum. At some point I realized I had done too much manipulation on the equisetum, but I think it is necessary to see how far you can take it. This is the only way you can learn what works and what doesn’t and to discover […]
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