Journal archive
August 4, 2011
Continuing my theme from yesterday, a further exploration of manipulating equisetum. This was done later in the day, and started out way too complicated with too many elements. After working on it for a while I decided that “less is more”.
Read story →August 3, 2011
Finally we get some much needed rain in Washington,DC. Our garden is happy today and so am I. The heat and dry conditions have make blooming material scarce in the garden and August still has many days left. One thing I wanted to experiment with was leaf manipulation with the equisetum(horsetail reed) growing here. It […]
Read story →August 2, 2011
My Sogetsu Ikebana class lesson last night was using one material only, gladiolas. I thought the arrangement I did was acceptable although I could only think of the gladiolas as line material. maybe I saw them more as line material becuase there weren’t a lot of open blooms. My sensei suggested that the materials would […]
Read story →August 1, 2011
Into my third week of my 365 Days of Ikebana and so far so good. Tonight I did ikebana using one material, gladiolas, in my Sogetsu Ikebana class. I used two containers, one stacked on top of the other and placed the yellow gladiolas in each of them at different angles. I’d like to do […]
Read story →July 31, 2011
My attempt at a Seika (a formal form that utilizes a a three-branch composition based on an asymmetrical triangle) made of juniper branches from my Saga Goryu Ikebana class today. It’s not an easy arrangement to do, and I am quite sure I will be doing it over and over again until I gain the […]
Read story →July 30, 2011
A gradual move to begin working outside the box, that’s what I ultimately want. Today a small shift outside my comfort zone and into something a bit more sculptural. Definately nothing new or earth shattering, just a small shift in the right direction.
Read story →July 29, 2011
The record heat today made it difficult to do anything, and by record heat I mean 104 degrees! I had lots to do this morning, and an appointment to run to, so all my creating had to be done after noon and at that point the temperature had already hit 100 degrees. So I pulled […]
Read story →July 28, 2011
Day 11 of my 365 Days of Ikebana brought me a chance to have a “do over” of a piece I did earlier in the spring. I used the same purple vase and the Hana Dome (flower fixture) I had made of cherry branches for the original design, and chose some flowers. I have an […]
Read story →July 27, 2011
It was suggested to me that today I should try to do a small ikebana arrangement. It’s hot and dry and not a lot in bloom in the garden right now, so the perfect time to try working on a small scale.
Read story →July 26, 2011
My Sogetsu Ikebana class was tonight, so I used it to make my arrangement for today. We were given materials in shades of green to do ikebana using materials in the same tonal range. Lots of possibilities, with lots of materials to use: green button chrysanthemums, iris and nandina foliage, hosta leaves, and amaranthus. The […]
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