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# KEITH STANLEY      SCULPTURAL BOTANICAL DESIGN

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- [Master Floral Art](https://keithstanley.com/master-floral-art/) - Master the Art of Contemporary Floral Design Step into my world of contemporary floral artistry—where structure meets creativity and flowers become sculpture. I’m an EMC Teaching Coach and hold a teaching degree in Sogetsu Ikebana, so I blend European design thinking with Japanese discipline and line to create work that’s both architectural and expressive. With
- [Hoogstraten Groenen en Bloemen: Weekend Reflections](https://keithstanley.com/hoogstraten-groenen-en-bloemen-weekend-reflections/)
- [Layer by Layer – My Hoogstraten Construction Takes Shape](https://keithstanley.com/building-a-story-through-botanical-construction-my-process-for-hoogstraten-2025-2/) - Each year, creating a piece for Hoogstraten Groenten & Bloemen is both a challenge and a privilege. It’s a chance to step beyond daily practice and let construction itself carry a story. For me, a botanical construction is never just a support for flowers — it is sculpture, rhythm, and movement, already alive before the first bloom
- [Building a Story Through Botanical Construction – My Process for Hoogstraten 2025](https://keithstanley.com/building-a-story-through-botanical-construction-my-process-for-hoogstraten-2025/) - Each year, creating a piece for Hoogstraten Groenten & Bloemen is both a challenge and a privilege. It’s a chance to step beyond daily practice and let construction itself carry a story. For me, a botanical construction is never just a support for flowers — it is sculpture, rhythm, and movement, already alive before the
- [Designing with Born Free Roses](https://keithstanley.com/designing-with-born-free-roses/) - Elevating floral artistry with the stunning Born Free® roses! Proud to collaborate with @deruiterinnovations on these romantic arrangements that showcase the timeless beauty of their premium red roses. Each petal tells a story of passion and excellence - that's the Born Free® difference. From elegant bouquets to show-stopping installations, these roses bring dreams to life.
- [International Teachers of Floristry Seminar](https://keithstanley.com/international-teachers-of-floristry-seminar/) - I'm thrilled to share a transformative experience from my recent participation in the International Teachers of Floristry seminar, brilliantly organized by @gregorlersch and @boermainstituutflowerschool. This comprehensive program proved to be an exceptional opportunity for professional growth and creative exploration in the art of floral design. Throughout the week, we delved deep into three innovative themes
- [Final day of miniature design challenge](https://keithstanley.com/final-day-of-miniature-design-challenge/) - This is the last design for the five day challenge, which I finished a few days ago on Instagram. I’m tempted to do more. Right now I am considering a new project to post here. I’m not quite sure I am up to a daily project, something weekly perhaps. A combination of European floral design
- [Art in Bloom DC](https://keithstanley.com/art-in-bloom-dc/) - Art in Bloom at Anderson House 2021 is an opportunity for virtual museum patrons to view an interpretation, not a re-creation, of a specific artwork or collection or theme (including architectural inspirations) rendered in a floral medium. Twenty-two of DC’s most creative and innovative floral designers have come together to each showcase their unique style,
- [Space and Line](https://keithstanley.com/space-and-line-2/)
- [Iris, Pomegranate Branch and Heuchera Leaf](https://keithstanley.com/iris-pomegranate-branch-and-heuchera-leaf/)
- [Inoribana](https://keithstanley.com/inoribana/)
- [Equisetum and Nigella](https://keithstanley.com/equisetum-and-nigella/)
- [Ikebana from Tonight's Class](https://keithstanley.com/ikebana-from-tonights-class/)
- [A Piece of Wood Found on the Street](https://keithstanley.com/a-piece-of-wood-found-on-the-street/)
- [Iris and Hosta Leaves in Self Made Vase](https://keithstanley.com/iris-and-hosta-leaves-in-self-made-vase/)
- [Tropicana Rose, Hosta Leaf and Manipulated Equisetum](https://keithstanley.com/tropicana-rose-hosta-leaf-and-manipulated-equisetum/)
- [Lunaria and Nigella](https://keithstanley.com/lunaria-and-nigella/)
- [Clematis and Contorted Filbert](https://keithstanley.com/clematis-and-contorted-filbert/)
- [Summer Breeze](https://keithstanley.com/summer-breeze/) - A hot summer day calls for cool colored summer flowers. Everything was either grown in our garden or collected by me this morning in the neighborhood. My low key version of fireworks.
- [Grown and Gathered Flowers](https://keithstanley.com/grown-and-gathered-flowers/) - The best part of summer is the wonderful array of flowers the garden has to offer, and if you look carefully you can find great roadside flowers to add to that bounty. Here is my latest collection of garden and gathered blooms in my $3 compote (yes, that price is correct!). I realize this is
- [Gleaned Summer Flowers](https://keithstanley.com/gleaned-summer-flowers/)
- [Wedding Bouquet](https://keithstanley.com/wedding-bouquet/) - This is my garden inspired bouquet, using what I could find still in bloom in the late summer heat. I bought the kale leaves and glued them to the underside of the bouquet to start, and glued a leaf to cover the handle. Flowers were collected and cut from the garden and our potted plants
- [Nature Inspired Bouquet](https://keithstanley.com/nature-inspired-bouquet/) - As promised, another bouquet that was nature inspired. Actually the materials are gathered from the woods around my parents home in the mountains in the western part of Virginia. I found so many little mosses and lichens,their growth aided by an usually cool and wet summer, and it was a pure delight. Little pieces of
- [Hanakubari with Anthurium, Willow and Dried Strelitzia Leaf](https://keithstanley.com/hanakubari-with-anthurium-willow-and-dried-strelitzia-leaf/) - I love building structures, and this one was quick and easy to make. Hanakubari is the technique of building fixtures with natural materials to support flowers without wire, nails, or screws. But more important is the fact that it is meant to be part of the design, not hidden like a kenzan or kubari fixture
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 364](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-364/)
- [Art Blooms!](https://keithstanley.com/art-blooms/) - Today the exhibition “Art Blooms!” opens at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, floral art interpretations of selected artists work from two shows in the gallery. I chose a woodcut by the incredibly talented Midway Bee entitled “Biocide” partially because I love woodcuts, but more for the story behind the work. It’s a magnificent piece!
- [Ikebana International Exhibition at the United States National Arboretum](https://keithstanley.com/ikebana-international-exhibition-at-the-united-states-national-arboretum/) - The annual spring exhibition presented by Washington, D.C. Chapter 1 of Ikebana International begins on Friday, April 3rd at the United States National Arboretum. Today was installation day for the first week of the exhibition. My arrangement with the Sogetsu School of Ikebana is shown above. It features intertwining materials emphasizing line and space.
- [Workshop with Hitomi Gilliam](https://keithstanley.com/workshop-with-hitomi-gilliam/) - Many years ago I took a great course learning european floral design techniques at the AFS Education Center (now Teleflora) in Oklahoma City, OK. It was a great experience, and at the time it was suggested to me that I should study with one of the other designers who taught design classes there, and her
- [Wood and Bamboo Strips](https://keithstanley.com/wood-and-bamboo-strips/) - Taking a few materials left over from past projects I did a little experimentation and came up with this. Lately there has been a return to some work with bamboo, something I would love to do more of. I'll keep the bamboo in mind with some of my works this summer.
- [Ikebana International Exhibition at the U.S. National Arboretum](https://keithstanley.com/ikebana-international-exhibition-at-the-u-s-national-arboretum/) - Today the third and last exhibition installation of ikebana by the Washington,DC Chapter of Ikebana International opened at the U.S. National Arboretum. All of the ikebana arrangements are on view from 10AM until 4PM thru Monday, April 21. At the exhibition you can see the piece I did using bamboo, colored contorted filbert branches, craspedia,
- [Miniature designs continued.....](https://keithstanley.com/miniature-designs-continued/) - This is my design for day 3 of a five day miniature design challenge on Instagram. Posting a few days late, but you can see the current work on my Instagram account. For this piece I made a construction using black stub and winding wire (and a large water tube) to make a form that
- [A New Hope-Earth Day 2021 Ikebana Exhibition](https://keithstanley.com/a-new-hope-earth-day-2021-ikebana-exhibition/) - I was invited to participate in Sogetsu Concentus Study group’s online virtual exhibition for Earth day. Ikebanists from across the globe were invited to contribute a design for the show. Many different schools were represented, with a total of 139 participants. The exhibition can be viewed here:
- [Christmas with Chrysanthemums](https://keithstanley.com/christmas-with-chrysanthemums/) - Thank you to Fusion Flowers magazine for publishing my design for their “Merry Chrysmas” contest in their latest issue. The contest sponsored by Just Chrys was to create a design that focused on the versatility and long-lasting qualities of Chrysanthemum. I’ve grown to have a much deeper appreciation for chrysanthemums, a see beyond the old
- [Hand Tied Bouquet with a Paper Collar](https://keithstanley.com/hand-tied-bouquet-with-a-paper-collar/) - Who knew you could turn computer printer paper into something so pretty? Lots of folded and torn pieces of paper simply pinned onto a styrofoam wreath (a straw wreath would work also). Inside the construction a hand tied spiral bouquet is created.
- [Welcoming Autumn](https://keithstanley.com/welcoming-autumn/) - To welcome Autumn I created a design using the colors of the season. Starting with a beautiful ceramic container from Mobach I used foraged grasses to create natural flower supports. The container has two rings of small holes, in which placed bent grass stems in an inverted “V” shape. This form supports the flowers which
- [Summer’s end](https://keithstanley.com/summers-end/) - Celebrating the end of summer with a design which began with a discarded Christmas wreath found on the street. I collected several this past January with the idea that I might find some new purpose for them. The frame was opened up a bit to create the “legs” and I covered the whole frame with
- [Miniature Design](https://keithstanley.com/miniature-design/)
- [Demonstration for BCC Workshop](https://keithstanley.com/demonstration-forbcc-workshop/) - Earlier this month I did a demonstration for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Workshop of the Washington,DC Chapter of Ikebana International. They are always such a warm and receptive group and it was a pleasure to spend the afternoon with them. I managed to get some quick photos afterwards and You can see my work below. Now
- [Designing with wire forms](https://keithstanley.com/designing-with-wire-forms/) - Working with wire is something I greatly enjoy. It gives me the opportunity to make more unusual work, and to create things that I love. It’s more of a challenge these days with limited access to the right botanical materials, it this one worked out great. I hope these designs interest you and inspire you
- [Small scale works](https://keithstanley.com/small-scale-works/) - Today I am posting another small work that I created yesterday as part of a series for a 5 day challenge of miniature designs. They’re being post to my Instagram account daily, but I wanted to share them here also. It’s a great distraction during the world pandemic occurring now, it also a way to
- [New beginnings](https://keithstanley.com/new-beginnings/) - It’s been a while since I posted anything here, and the time has come to return. Today’s design is a miniature piece inspired by the work of German designer Gregor Lersch. Mostly with pieces I have on hand, as during this difficult time in the world it is a bit harder to obtain floral materials.
- [You Are Invited to Preview My New Book!](https://keithstanley.com/you-are-invited-to-preview-my-new-book/) - My first book featuring photographs from "365 Days of Ikebana"is now available for purchase. If you would like to make a purchase Blurb books is offering a 20% discount on any order placed by December 15, just use code BLURBGIFT-1 at checkout. 365 Days of Ikebana by Keith Stanley
- [Anthurium and Philodendron Selloum](https://keithstanley.com/anthurium-and-philodendron-selloum/)
- [Ranunculus, Anemone, Seeded Eucalyptus and Dried Pods](https://keithstanley.com/ranunculus-anemone-seeded-eucalyptus-and-dried-pods/)
- [The Art League Gallery- 15th Biennial Ikebana Show](https://keithstanley.com/the-art-league-gallery-15th-biennial-ikebana-show/) - 15th Biennial Ikebana Show March 6–9, 2014 Ikebana Events: All events are in The Art League Gallery and are free and open to the public Reception: Thursday, March 6, 6:00–8:00 pm. Performance by the Washington Toho Koto Ensemble beginning at 6:00 pm Washington Toho Koto Ensemble performance: Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm Flower Arranging Demonstration:
- [Ikebana at The Art League Gallery](https://keithstanley.com/ikebana-at-the-art-league-gallery/) - Thursday night The Art League Galley opened the Biennial Ikebana Exhibition featuring works of art by Art League artists paired with ikebana artists from the Washington, DC Sogetsu Ikebana branch. Frederick and I went to Alexandria to install my piece in the afternoon, most of the other ikebana artists were done and my spot was
- [Floral Variations](https://keithstanley.com/floral-variations/) - This is an arrangement I did for the Independent Floral Designers Association table at Potomac Floral for their annual flower show in March. I thought it would be a good chance to do something that was ikebana inspired using a basic ceramic container and floral foam. My only limitation was that it could be no
- [Manipulated Equisetum and Orange Iris](https://keithstanley.com/manipulated-equisetum-and-orange-iris/)
- [White Clematis with Hosta Leaves](https://keithstanley.com/white-clematis-with-hosta-leaves/)
- [Rhododendron and Winged Euonymus](https://keithstanley.com/rhododendron-and-winged-euonymus/)
- [Anthurium with Akebia Vine, Peach Quince and Apple Blossoms](https://keithstanley.com/anthurium-with-akebia-vine-peach-quince-and-apple-blossoms/)
- [Space and Line](https://keithstanley.com/space-and-line/)
- [Pincusion Protea, James Storie Orchids and Contorted Filbert in Vintage Mobach Pottery](https://keithstanley.com/pincusion-protea-james-storie-orchids-and-contorted-filbert-in-vintage-mobach-pottery/)
- [Anthurium with Driftwood and Kiwi Vine](https://keithstanley.com/anthurium-with-driftwood-and-kiwi-vine/)
- [Ranunculus with Dried Leaf and Branches](https://keithstanley.com/ranunculus-with-dried-leaf-and-branches/)
- [2013 Ikebana International Exhibition](https://keithstanley.com/2013-ikebana-international-exhibition/) - The 2013 Ikebana International Exhibition by the Washington,DC Branch of Ikebana International opens today, and for the first time in a few years I was able to exhibit. It is my hope that I can set aside the time each year from now on to do the exhibition annually. If you a in Washington, DC
- [Dreaming of Warmer Weather](https://keithstanley.com/dreaming-of-warmer-weather/) - I am still waiting for warm spring weather to arrive, it's a bit cold so I thought I would post some tropical ikebana to warm things up. These were both done for the demonstration last month. Very slowly I am getting things posted, and creating some new work. As always I am searching for inspiration
- [Dancing Into Spring](https://keithstanley.com/dancing-into-spring/) - A step in the right direction with one of my favorite springtime flowers, tulips! This is one of the arrangements I did during my demonstration of ikebana last month for the wonderful ladies of the Calvert Garden Club. I used one of my Hana dome constructions made of cherry and two low triangle containers in
- [Winter is Melting Away](https://keithstanley.com/winter-is-melting-away/) - At last spring is on the horizon, after a bit of snow yesterday(and a snowstorm that thankfully never came to fruition). Today was perfect to revisit my Sogetsu Ikebana lesson from this past Monday's class, works with ice. The lesson was fun, but I wanted to try it again and get a better result. For
- [Narcissus and Equisetum](https://keithstanley.com/narcissus-and-equisetum/)
- [Happy Valentine's Day!](https://keithstanley.com/happy-valentines-day/)
- [Flowers in Art: Contemporary International Artists](https://keithstanley.com/flowers-in-art-contemporary-international-artists/) - Today I am happy to announce that photos of my ikebana will be published in the soon to be released book Flowers in Art: Contemporary International Artists by Cindy Ann Coldiron. I am thrilled that my sensei, Jane Redmon, will also have her work published in the book as well. "Flowers In Art: Contemporary International
- [Garden Gleanings](https://keithstanley.com/garden-gleanings/) - Another day of working with materials gleaned from the garden. It is an attempt to try to be more conscious about using seasonal, locally and sustainably grown materials. This is one of my resolutions for this year and beyond and has been greatly inspired by the book "The 50 Mile Bouquet". It was a Christmas
- [Curved Lines](https://keithstanley.com/curved-lines/)
- [Bring in the New](https://keithstanley.com/bring-in-the-new/) - A new year has begun, with it my resolution to do more ikebana. Something small to start the year (using one of my many new vases received at Christmas, this redwood vase is from Mrs. Ham), it is great to use materials foraged from the garden. My walk with Frederick today was a chance to
- [Merry Christmas!](https://keithstanley.com/merry-christmas/) - Today I want to share some traditional Christmas floral designs I have done in the past two weeks. The first one using tulips, pomegranates, and assorted evergreens. In my quest to continue to be more eco-friendly with my design mechanics I used a vintage Dazey floral holder to make this piece instead of floral foam.
- [Anthurium, Driftwood and Manipulated Leaf ](https://keithstanley.com/anthurium-driftwood-and-manipulated-leaf/)
- [Giving Thanks](https://keithstanley.com/giving-thanks/) - With Thanksgiving Day being celebrated here in the United States tomorrow I wanted to share my gratitude with you. This arrangement of aspidistra, balloon flower and a pear suggests to me abundance. It's rich in color and texture, and it is just enough to give me a feeling of being full and satisfied. That's true
- [Found and Collected](https://keithstanley.com/found-and-collected/) - Autumn days are growing shorter. The time has passed much too quickly and I have a few photos to share, starting with this one featuring bittersweet (one of my favorite materials). The inspiration for this arrangement came after reading Dutch floral artist Gerd Verschoor's book "Beyond Flowers, Collecting and Arranging Natural Objects". In this book
- [Hanakubari with Elm Branches, Allium and Hydrangeas](https://keithstanley.com/hanakubari-with-elm-branches-allium-and-hydrangeas/)
- [Manipulated Aspidistra Leaves with Zinnia](https://keithstanley.com/manipulated-aspidistra-leaves-with-zinnia/)
- [Hanakubari with Tithonia, Zinnia, and Trifoliate Orange](https://keithstanley.com/hanakubari-with-tithonia-zinnia-and-trifoliate-orange/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 365](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-365/) - It's the 365th day of my project at last. When I started this project a year ago I had my doubts about whether or not I could make it beyond a month or two. Over the many months I have learned to create daily, good or bad, to just make it happen as part of
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 363](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-363/) - This moribana was made by quickly cutting some materials between rain storms today. No complaints about the rain because it is watering the garden. I had hoped to do some more work, but the rain cut short my outdoor time. As a bonus today I am posting below an earler version fo the arrangement from
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 362](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-362/) - Here are two variations of an arrangement using curved and straight lines. Once again today I braided some palm to use, still trying to pratice and refine the skill. There is something I like about both and could not decide which I liked better so I thought I would show both.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 361](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-361/) - All day today it has rained, so that made it more difficult to get out and find materials to use. However my Mom brought home a huge palm from the grocery store this morning for me to use(hooray and thanks Mom!). So now I have palm to practice braiding, and that is what I did.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 360](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-360/) - With the wildflowers and assorted garden flowers I collected today I did this arrangement, not ikebana but appropriate for the materials collected. I've wanted to do more tof this type of design also, so maybe there will be more in the next year. In this arrangment are stems of asters, astillbe, butterfly bush, begonia, queen
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 359](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-359/) - Short and sweet is my ikebana for day, allium and a squash leaf gleaned from the vegetable garden. For today it works, but I need to find some flowers. Maybe tomorrow I will venture out and go down by the lake to see what I can find. I did find some great apple branches to
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 358](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-358/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 357](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-357/) - Two things I have in abundance here at my parents house, branches and beautiful hydrangeas. To make the Hana-dome for this ikebana I used only branches that had fallen in storms during the last week. I'm hoping that the dahlias will have blooms soon, and the garden may yield more flowers after the rains that
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 356](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-356/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 355](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-355/) - It's not ikebana, but it is an arrangement and it counts in my book as a creative effort. Today I've been busy spending time with the family, and mulching and weeding the flower beds, and prepping some things for this weekend. Maybe this summer I will be doing more arrangements like this just for fun,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 354](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-354/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 353](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-353/) - Today's arrangment is a bit different, I'm short on flowers and still trying to search for things to work with. The yucca pods are something that I really wanted to use and the open tree trunk had some possibility. I'm still unsure about it, but it was fun to try something different. Ideally I would
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 352](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-352/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 351](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-351/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 350](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-350/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 349](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-349/) - After a long trip southwest of DC I arrived late last night at my parent's house. I was still debating on whether I should have delayed the trip by a week, but it was already planned and I went. Timing is everything, a huge storm hit Washington,DC last night downing trees and power lines and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 348](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-348/) - Another quick simple arrangement as today is a travel day for me. I've spent the whole week with my family showing them around town, now we're heading out of town together. I'll have some quiet time to do more ikebana, and relax.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 347](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-347/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 346](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-346/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 345](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-345/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 344](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-344/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 343](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-343/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 342](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-342/) - Today I did a little more work on braiding palm leaves, this time with phoenix palm. It has a very small leaf, interesting to work with but I think the areca palm I uesed a few days ago works much better. However I did learn more about how to do the braiding, so I will
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 341](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-341/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 340](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-340/) - Earlier in the week I promised my sensei that I would continue to work on my weaving and leaf manipulation practice. Today I used the only palm leaf I had to do this piece for today's ikebana, not perfect but still a pretty good start. With the woven palm leaf I used a stem of
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 339](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-339/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 338](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-338/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 337](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-337/) - My lesson assisgnment for my Sogetsu ikebana class tonight was to do the lesson on intertwining materials. I was given some palm and zebra grass and a single hydrangea bloom for color. It started out great and I worked on weaving the palm and after some work almost had it finished, but then I could
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 336](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-336/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 335](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-335/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 334](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-334/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 333](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-333/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 332](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-332/) - Today's ikebana is a morimono, made with green and yellow zucchini, an onion, red tomato with vine, snap peas, pink sweet peas, blueberries, and a dried strelitzia leaf. The inspiration came after I took some fruit from the crisper and saw the zucchini, I thought the colors were great and I didn't have any flowers
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 331](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-331/) - Today I've managed to do something small to get back on track. My fever broke last night and I have finally been able to get up today. I'm still resting but eager to do more and get back to normal. Many thanks again for all your well wishes that have carried me thru the last
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 330](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-330/) - I'm taking a break for at least one more day. Today I saw my doctor and she says that I have some type of summer virus similar to the flu. It's something I'll have to ride out. I'm getting plenty of rest and trying to get my fever to break. With some luck I can
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 329](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-329/) - Today I am still dealing with a high temperature, and I have been in bed all day long. I'd like to thank everyone for their "get well" wishes, it means a lot to me. Tonight I am still in bed resting and drinking lots of water, tomorrow I am off to see my doctor.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 328](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-328/) - Obviously this isn't an ikebana arrangement, it is the altarpiece from a small wedding I did today. After leaving the set up I came home and had a nap and woke up with aches and a fever that climbed to 101.7F. Then later I had chills and more fever, so I am resting as best
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 327](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-327/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 323](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-323/) - After a few week hiatus our Sogetsu ikebana class resumed tonight, everyone was eager to get back into our ikebana work. We were given our choice of several materials to work with and asked to choose a lesson based on those materials. I opted for the sunflowers, sanseveria, equisetum and calla lillies to do mass
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 322](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-322/) - Today's ikebana is a move back to my classical Saga Goryu ikebana study, done in class today. It's a great balance to the more avante garde Sogetsu School, and I think that studying both schools helps me understand ikebana as a whole much better. This arrangement is the Shogonka form and the six main branches
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 321](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-321/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 317](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-317/) - Each day I am looking for materials that inspire me, or try to find some element that interests me to use in my work. Today the dried hosta leaf from one of the ikebana arrangements made a few days ago was my starting point. I liked the way it had dried, the shape, the color,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 316](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-316/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 306](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-306/) - This piece is a true balancing act, the pencil heliconias playing together one firmly in place, and the other just holding on held by a bit of dried palm. It much like building a house of cards sometimes, perhaps the precarious placing of flowers is a big part of the thrill. These arrangements often fall,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 305](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-305/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 304](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-304/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 303](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-303/) - Some days I have a pretty good idea of how to use the materials I choose and other days I cut things and then "force" myself to come up with a creative solution to work with them. Today the two most outstanding things blooming in the garden were the white sweetpeas (heavenly) and blue nigella,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 302](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-302/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 301](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-301/) - My work at Artomatic 2012 is installed finally! I just had to go add the remaining bits, paint a column and add my name in my space. The work is made of lots of cherry branches and 120-150 crapsedia stems, the cherry branches are nailed together and the craspedia is held in place using predrilled
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 300](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-300/) - Hooray, it's day 300 of my project! This afternoon I worked on my installation at Artomatic, the nearly completed piece is shown below. I still have a lot of work to do to finish up tomorrow, but for today I am pretty happy with what I have done so far. My space is pretty large
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 299](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-299/) - I'm squeezing in my daily arrangement and finishing my prep work for Artomatic. The last of the constructed pieces for my Artomatic installation have been painted and they will be added to the other pieces that were put in place last weekend. Tomorrow I am off to finish installing before the deadline late sunday night.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 298](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-298/) - My preparations for Artomatic continue, so I thought I would post a sneak peek at them. Below are some of the prepared branches, only partially painted with a white primer. At last they have all been sawed(which is something that I believe has contributed greatly to a pinched nerve in my upper back) and the
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 297](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-297/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 296](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-296/) - This horizontal moribana was done tonight after my last yoga class (which has been absolutely fantastic). Many thanks to my wonderful and awesome teachers Jen and Liz for expanding my horizons and sharing their love of yoga with me. It has taught me about being grounded and helped me so much to continue my daily
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 295](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-295/) - I've been busy preparing a piece for Artomatic, more details will be posted in the next week. For now I can say my work will be on the 2nd floor (as will be the work of my partner Frederick ) and I am still busy with the construction and installation. Artomatic is the Washington, DC
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 294](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-294/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 286](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-286/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 270](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-270/) - The last of the spring tulips from the garden are fading, I used one today with some pink azalea, hosta leaves and winged euonymous. The combination of pink, green and brown looks pretty good together. Not bad for odds and ends from the garden. I have lots coming up, but the severe lack of rain
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 269](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-269/) - I found this curved iris stem in the garden today, mostly bloomed out except the last bloom at the tip. It has a great curved shape, and it looks great with the hosta leaves that have opened. Each day I go out to see if the hostas have opened, eager to collect their leaves. It's
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 268](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-268/) - There is a lightness of materials and color in this arrangement, the delicate pink azalea blossoms and coppper colored angel hair is a great color combination too. It's only meant to last an hour or two, but that is plenty of time to enjoy the beauty. Sometimes the best ikebana only lasts briefly, then it's
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 267](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-267/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 266](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-266/) - Iris in bloom from the garden inspired my moribana today, lighter blue on the left and darker blue one on the right. A touch of yellow euonymous, chartreuse heuchera and some new leaves of hosta brings it all together over the water. Tranquil and refreshing.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 265](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-265/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 261](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-261/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 260](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-260/) - Our material for our Sogetsu ikebana class tonight was cherry branches and azalea, and we were asked to do a either a horizontal nagiere or moribana. Luckily I took a tall vase for nagiere, and I think it's much easier to make a truly horizontal design in. The cherry gives it a great horizontal line,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 259 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-259/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 258](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-258/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 257](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-257/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 256 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-256/) - My ikebana today is some work with curved lines using tulips and a painted branch. The last half of the week has been hard for me creatively, I'm just not inspired and I don't know why. It could be the pollen, or that I am waiting for more variteies of flowers to come into bloom.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 255](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-255/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 254](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-254/) - This green glass vase is one that I love, it has a great shape and the glowing green from the light going through the vase gives me a lift. I think using the lemon as the hana kubari works quite well, it uses form and function to add value to the design. With the addition
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 253](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-253/) - I used manipulated ti leaves that is curled for this arrangment, one of the leaf curls holds the tulips and narcissus in place in the container. It's a concept I wanted to try, just to see if it would work and further my ideas. There are two containers, one to hold the leaves and one
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 252](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-252/) - AT my Saga ikebana class today we continued to do moribana landscapes, each one is based on a location in the different temperate zones from nothern to southern Japan. Today's landscape is supposed to depict a view from a river gorge bank across the rushing waters to the other side. Cherry branches, asters, wild rose
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 251](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-251/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 250](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-250/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 249](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-249/) - Another try at manipulating ti leaves, I used two today for this ikebana along with a single white narcissus. I curled each ti leaf and made several splits long the curled leaf to form a series of curls in each leaf, and then I put them back to back. For the next few days I
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 248](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-248/) - I took a small step back into leaf manipulation today with the ti leaf paired with a single Japanese lisianthus bloom. The single bloom is a bit dark, but it was all I had today. Next time a brighter flower and different container. Leaf manipulation really interests me, but I think it could be easy
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 247](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-247/) - Here is something for the first day of spring, I'll call it ikebana even though I know it's more in the flower arrangement category. My partner Frederick bought me this small mid-century log novelty container and really wanted me to do something with it for him. It's small and was probably orginally used as a
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 246](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-246/) - Once again I thought I wanted to try working with some gypsophila, a material that I still don't quite understand. It's an unruly puff of tiny white blooms that I keep trying to use in a pleasing way. maybe it's that I need to just keep at it until I "get it" . That's probably
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 245](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-245/) - Tonight I'm doing ikebana using all flowers, mostly spring blooms from our garden. This is one of the lessons in the Sogetsu textbook and it has no branches or leaves only flowers. Luckily there are lots of flowers blooming in the garden to use, narcissus, hyacinth, muscari, and more. I'm never quite sure about his
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 244](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-244/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 243](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-243/) - The abundance of pollen in the air has left me feeling a little under the weather. I was determined to get an ikebana arrangement done this evening. To start it I had several red ranunculus and tulips, and I used a blue container that is higher on one side. Yellow craspedia was added to make
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 242](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-242/) - Using my own flowers in my ikebana work is so rewarding to me. I give my time and care to the plants by planting , feeding and watering them. In return the plants provide beautiful blooms and foliage for me to use. It'a great relationship that I never tire of. Our warm temperatures the last
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 236](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-236/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 235](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-235/) - Here is a different version of the hana dome with winged euonymus that I made for the demo on Wednesday. I wanted to try it again with diferent materials, so this time I used lots of yellow craspedia. The piece is tall so it is harder to photograph in my tiny studio, luckily it wasn't
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 234](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-234/) - Today I had the pleasure of presenting a hana dome demonstration and workshop for the Ikebana International Alexandria Workshop. After demonstrating three arrangements I worked with the 20 workshop participants learing how to build their own hana dome or flower fixtures with branches and wire. I thought everyone enjoyed the workshop, and I hope they
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 233](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-233/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 232](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-232/) - My design today is using dried, fresh, and unconventional materials. The packing material is one that has fascinated me for a while, so today when I came across some I brought it home to use. AfterI looking at it and twisting, folding and manipulating the shape I had an idea. A dried stem of strelitzia
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 231](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-231/) - Using the only materials with any color I could find in the garden (spring is here but the blooms are still scarce) I made this small hana kubari. The pussy willow branches are used as natural supports for the flowers, and I left an open area of reflecting water.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 230](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-230/) - This sweet Japanese vase was brought home to me today by Frederick, so I had to use it right away. It has a great white glaze with some greenish spots, whiich led to my use of green(pine needles) and white(hellebore) to match the vase colors. The pine needles are used as the mechanics to hold
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 229](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-229/) - It's a quick short post with a small arrangement tonight. The miniature ikebana was done after sending most of my time working on a larger structure for later next week. To make it a bit more interesting I photographed part of the larger piece with the miniature and posted it below.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 228](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-228/) - Today I gather more of the winged euonymus to use in some designs, and I have placed with it some gypsophila and an anemone. Continuing the study of filler flowers and their use I tried massing the gypsophila into a sort of "cloud" and inserted the anemone in it. Like a puff of smoke or
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 227](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-227/) - With some dry time in between heavy rains today I was able to gather a few things in the neighborhood to make my arrangement. A couple of cherry branches, one branches of winged euonymus( I MUST get more of it to work with later) and a few narcissus from our garden out back. Together it
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 223 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-223/) - Today I turned my exploration of materials towards filler flowers, the types of flowers that in western designs are used to cheaply take up space between more expensive showy blooms. I'm trying to get a different understanding of how I can use them in ikebana. After a trip to the grocery store for some flowers
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 226](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-226/) - A simple inoribana today, using flowers from the garden. The yellow narcissus are in full bloom and have lovely leaves to use. Soon the other varieties of narcissus will be in bloom too. Lovely blooming branches are appearing all around the neighborhood. I think spring is here at last!
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 225](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-225/) - This is what centered me, and helped provide some calm during a stressful day. It whispered to me "breathe".
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 224](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-224/) - This is the view during my Saga ikebana class today, we were all working on seaside landscapes with pine and sand. It was interesting to work on moribana/landscape designs although a bit difficult to wrap my head around the connection between both at the same time. But it was a great class, reminding me how
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 222](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-222/) - Some days the ikebana arranging is not so easy, today was one of them. I worked on one design for about 90 minutes, and by the end it looked tortured. In fact it had been. I tried to get the materials to bend to my will, all the quince and other branches had been inserted
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 221](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-221/) - Something small today, not a miniature but not big either. Safari sunset protea and tulip magnolia branches in a vase that my partner Frederick bought at Miss Pixie's yesterday. They post pictures on the "window shopping" section of their website that shows items they currently have for sale. I've picked up some wonderful ikebana vases
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 220](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-220/) - After a very low energy day yesterday, I am hoping that this arrangement shows a more energetic day. Maybe the warmer weather and sunshine today helped. I had more open materials to work with today and felt spring in the air, and this is my attempt to bring a bit of that indoors. While I
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 219](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-219/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 218](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-218/) - The lesson tonight at my Sogetsu ikebana class was disassembling and rearranging the materials. In the past this lesson has been more radical in the disassembling part, but we were encouraged to use it as more of an examination and study of the materials and how they work together. We were given narcissus and safari
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 217](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-217/) - Perhaps today is not my best effort, but it was nice to play with the materials and get something to photograph. I thought about it all day long, not feeling inspired I decided to just grab some materials and work. It's mostly color work with pink(the quince and hyacinth) and green(hypericum berries and equisetum. To
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 216](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-216/) - I've been working on some hana dome structures for a demonstration I will be giving next month, trying to work with some different ideas. The one I just built needs some adjustments, so I thought I might play a bit with it today. I didn't have much in the way of fresh materials so I
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 215](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-215/) - Some of the materials from two days ago, narcissus and lily grass, have been reworked for today's ikebana. I am anxiouly awaiting the narcissus in the garden to start blooming so I can use the different varieties in combination. A short walk in the nearby monastery was great for viewing early spirng camellias, snowdrops and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 214](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-214/) - Here is the other ceramic piece that I bought at Manassas Clay, it's a sweet little piece by Linda Becketti. It's really small, a cup that you can hold in your had comfortably. In it I used one of the "Mickey Mouse" anthuriums, fading and drying but they still have some beauty and a single
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 212](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-212/) - It took a long time to figure out my arrangement for Valentine's Day. Traditional red and white flowers just were not on my radar today. I'm not a big fan of red and white flowers for a holiday that follows Christmas so soon. So I did work out an alternative, some pink, red and blue
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 213](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-213/) - A few weeks ago I bought a few new ceramic pieces at Manassas Clay and today I used one of them for my ikebana arrangement. I love slab built pieces and this one has a great shape and color too. It's perfect for spring/summer ikebana! In it I placed some budded magnolia tulip branches first,
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 207](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-207/)
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- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 205](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-205/) - I'm in love with this ikebana I did tonight, simple and sleek. The dried banana leaf is just amazing. Dried leaves of all shapes and sizes really do work well for ikebana, so you should save some of your fresh leaves from arrangements(or from your household or summer plants) and dry them.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 204](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-204/) - Tonight I went to my Sogetsu ikebana class to take a lesson. We were given calla liles, strelitzia leaves and galax to work with and asked to choose a lesson that would suit the materials. We chose to do "vertical composition". After class I brought the materials home and remade it to photograph, not easy
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 203](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-203/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 202](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-202/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 201](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-201/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 200](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-200/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 199](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-199/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 198](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-198/) - My inoribana arrangement from yesterday was so much fun that I thought I would try it again today. I had a great selection of flowers to use, a tulip, red twig dogwood and palm leaf. It looks pretty good, and it makes me look forward to my ikebana lesson Sunday when I will get to
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 197](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-197/) - Yesterday I made my return to my Saga Goryu ikebana classes after missing a few classes during December. The shogonka arrangement I posted yesterday was from our class lesson, and we had intended to do a second lesson (inoribana) but ran out of time. So today I thought it would be fun to try doing
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 196](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-196/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 195](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-195/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 194](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-194/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 193](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-193/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 192](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-192/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 191](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-191/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 190](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-190/) - The only fresh material I had today to work with was the "Mickey Mouse" anthuriums from Saturday's workshop. I had a long list of things to do today, and I really should have put getting some fresh flowers and foliage at the top. But sometimes you have to work with what you have, and I
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 189](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-189/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 188](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-188/) - Today the Sogetsu Washington,DC branch held a workshop with member demonstrator Yoko Sprague leading the workshop with the theme of "Celebrations in Red and White". She gave a really creative and interesting demonstration and then members had 30 minutes to create their own ikebana works based on this theme with the materials they had brought
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 187](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-187/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 186](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-186/) - I'm away from home today, but still working on daily ikebana. Luckily my partner's mother has a large selection of vases to work with, and some quince branches in bud. Quince is such great material if you have it, and this time of year it is widely available in wholesale and retail florists. Lots of
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 185](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-185/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 184](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-184/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 183](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-183/) - Ikebana with staight lines from my Sogetsu ikebana class tonight, it was too big to get a photograph during class so I had to bring it home and remake it. Still it was too big to photograph straight on so I stood on a chair. The materials I used are red stick dogwood branches and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 182](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-182/)
- [365 Days fo Ikebana-Day 181](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-fo-ikebana-day-181/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 180](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-180/) - After working on an arrangement which might be more expected today, I chose to strip it down and go in another direction. It's different, not what I'd call a "pretty" arrangement but more in the direction I want my work to go. Playing with the elements today was more of an exploration of what they
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 179](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-179/) - Most of my day was spent seeing art at some of the fantastic free museums we have in Washington,DC. Great for collecting ideas, bad for actual productivity since I got home late. After dinner I did this simple arrangement while visions of grander things danced in my head. All for another day I suppose, but
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 178](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-178/) - Today I spent some time in the studio, trying to take advantage of the daylight and temperatures above freezing. The space heater helps some, and I hope to be able to get out there a lot in the next few weeks. For the arrangement I did today I used some branches of pussy willow, pink
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 177](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-177/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 176](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-176/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 175](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-175/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 174](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-174/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 173](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-173/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 172](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-172/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 171](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-171/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 170](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-170/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 169](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-169/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 168](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-168/) - Materials from the last few days have been re-assembled to begin the new year. I found a large palm frond and cut the bottom of it and used it to cover a glass bottle from last night. In it I put a monstera leaf, a thin piece of palm and an orange pincushion protea. Great
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 167](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-167/) - It's New Year's Eve, a time for celebration for the year that is passing and the new year to come. I'm celebrating my achievements this year that include this: At last I can finally call myself a Sensei, a teacher of Sogetsu ikebana. My teacher's diploma was presented to me in early December at my
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 166](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-166/) - This small tropical ikebana was done this evening, I know the large leaf is selloum philodendron but I have no idea what the bloom is. For the next few days I'll be working with some more tropical materials, perhaps some leaf arrangements. If you haven't guessed, I am away again and using gathered materials. I
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 165](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-165/) - The last rose of the year from the garden, hard to believe that it's possible this late in December. One of my new containers is a mid century Russell Wright piece (given to me by Frederick and his mother Phyllis), I believe it is a vegetable bowl, and I thought I should use it today.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 164](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-164/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 163](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-163/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 162](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-162/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 161](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-161/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 160](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-160/) - For Christmas I made this arrangement, starting with the branch I gleaned from a pile of discarded tree branches. Some magnolia and "Red Piano" garden roses were the next materials added, I so stepped back and loved what I saw and thought it was the right time to consider it finished. Then I moved on
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 159](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-159/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 158](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-158/) - My busy day included a quick trip into the woods behind my parents house, and a field nearby. I was scouting out some materials, and I did manage to get a few things. It's gray and heavy rain was on the way so I had limited time. My ultimate goal is to go deeper in
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 157](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-157/) - It's a travel day for me, so I had to work fast (while still finishing my packing). My last day using the callas, I just could not resist one more arrangement with them. Tomorrow I may be scouring the woods for materials to work with!
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 156](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-156/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 155](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-155/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 154](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-154/) - In this design I used a blue container with some large garden calla lilies, white ginestra and some painted silver eucalyptus (I didn't paint it, it was recycled material). The color blue can symbolize peace, calm, stability, security, loyalty, sky, water, and cold. White is a sacred and pure color and can also represent reverence,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 153](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-153/)
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 152](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 151](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 150](https://keithstanley.com/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.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 149](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 148](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 147](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 146](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 145](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 144](https://keithstanley.com/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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 143](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-143/) - It's been raining all day here, a record winter rainfall of 3.1 inches fell today. Our average total rain for December is 3.05 inches. Tonight the temperatures are falling steadily and I thought I should use the scented geranium before we get a freeze in the next day or so. This got me thinking about
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 142](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-142/) - With some of the remaining materials from class last night I made this arrangement, mass and line. I think I would have preferred a longer rose stem to show the line more, but sometimes you have to work with what you have. The mass of course is the evergreens and shorter rose. I had six
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 141](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-141/) - From my Sogetsu ikebana class tonight, ikebana using only branch material. My sensei brought us branches of dirrerent evergreens and some red and green roses and asked us to choose a lesson from either book 3 or 4 of the Sogetsu textbooks. I choose to use the evergreens to do an arrangement with only branch
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 140](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-140/) - The theme of holiday ikebana continues today with traditional colors once again. I reused the red branch from yesterday and I added more pine and some white chrysanthemums. Not only are white chrysanthemums elegant and somewhat traditional for the Christmas season, they are long lasting as well. So now I need to think about some
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 139](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-139-2/) - This holiday inspired arrangement began with with the phalaenopsis orchids that I used last night, I wanted to make another ikebana arrangement with the white one instead. With the white I also wanted to bring in some traditional red and green Christmas colors. The green glass vase is gorgeous, but it's hard to use. It's
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 138](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-138/) - Phalaenopsis orchids are some of the most beautiful, delicate flowers around. I had several stems to use today, and I started working with the stems trying to mass them. They look great together in a vase, but a little bit harder to try show their sleek lines and try to have mass at the same
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 137](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-137/) - What do you get when you have no materials to make ikebana? A challenge! I meant to get flowers today, but I had too many other things going on and forgot. So for my arrangement I had to see what I could pull together. I had a nice branch of driftwood that my partner Frederick
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 136](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-136/) - Once again Buddah's hand is making an appearance, but this time with some added "fingers" in the form of red peppers. Buddha's hand or fingered citron(Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis )is very fragrant and is used predominantly by the Chinese and Japanese for perfuming rooms and personal items, such as clothing. The fruit may be given
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 135](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-135/) - The rose in this arrangment was the inspiration today, the variety name is "Amnesia" and it's considered a lavender novelty rose. The outer petals are seemingly gray, and that's where the other materials come in. A piece of sun bleached date palm and a dried sunflower seed head, both of which have a lovely gray
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 134](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-134/) - Bells of Ireland can be tricky to use, very often they are either straight or curved but they are unique in that they can be easily reshaped to get the shape you desire. I bent two of them and wove them together to form one large circular form, and then repeated that shape again. The
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 133](https://keithstanley.com/354-days-of-ikebana-day-133/) - This was my chance to use the vase I bought a few months ago. It's unusual shape and color never seemed quite right for an arrangement until today. The pale blue vase and light green fuji chrysanthemums were made for each other, and I added in a few bare Bradford pear branches and some stems
- [365 Days of Ikebana -Day 132](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-132/) - The last of the wild pink sweet peas, combined with green fuji mums and an aspidistra leaf in a freestyle arrangement. That combination of light pink and green really does go so well together. It has a lot to do with it being a complimentary color scheme, it's a high contrast of color bbecuase they
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 131](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-131/) - My practice today was doing a cascading arrangement, and I did practice and practice. Not quite what I wanted, but I kept thinking about what pratice really is. It's being willing to practice, even when you seem to be getting no where. One of the best books to read about pratice is Mastery: The Keys
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 130](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-130/) - This isn't ikebana, they're simply flowers for Thanksgiving Day. It's my offering for the holiday table. A day for me to de-stress, relax, give thanks and to just be. I hope for those in the United States celebrating Thanksgiving (and for the rest of the world) you are having a relaxing day with family and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 129](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-129/) - Back to the very beginning today, and by that I mean back to the very first arrangment in the Sogetsu ikebana curriculum. Basic upright style is the basis of Sogetsu ikebana. It's where we learn to measure length of line, placement of branches and flowers and how they relate to each other. Even if it
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 128](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-128/) - Just a quick arrangement today, not easy considering the vase I used. I got this glass vase as a gift, and I just did not have any idea how I was going to use it. It seems simple enough, and that is the deception. You really have to work to be able to make something
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 127](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-127/) - The lesson for some of our Sogetsu ikebana class tonight was from the Sogetsu textbook #4 Lesson #10 "Vegetables and/ fruits in an arrangement". We were asked to bring our own materials to class, so I selected some Daikon radishes, orange peppers and cherries for my arrangement. Our Sensei did a short demonstration to show
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 126](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-126/) - The Bradford pear branches are in full color today, so I clipped some on my walk today. I've waited for the leaves to turn, and the cold weather earlier in the week helped speed that process along. The arrangement is done in two containers, both designs relate to each other to form one arrangement. I
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 125](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-125/) - The rust/red chrysanthemums were so beautiful that I decided to use them again to create a different design. This vertical composition with the chrysanthemums also has akebia vine and dried aspidistra leaves. The rule for a vertical compostion is that the movement of the design must continue upward, lines can be straight, vurved, zig zag,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 124](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-124/) - Hooray! I think that I have my groove back, today's ikebana arrangement seems to confirm that too. Manipulated curly willow branches and rust/red chrysanthemums were used to make this fall nagiere. This is what an arrangement with chrysanthemums should look like. Only a few were needed, and there is some interesting negative space created with
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 123](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-123/) - The first frost of the season is coming tonight, the temperatures have been dropping all afternoon. The chrysanthemums were in bloom and I wanted to use them before they were gone. I'm not so sure about this mass of flowers, maybe a bit too symetrical for me. But I did promise that I would show
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 122](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-122/) - Today is the completion of one third of my project. It's getting a bit harder, some days it's easy and other days I struggle to come up with something. Each day I do manage and I'm feeling pretty good about that. At this point I really need to look back at what I have done
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 120](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-120/) - Intersecting lines of burgundy wheat celosia and ligustrum, both have nice slight natural curves that are flowing in opposite directions. They are a few more of the flowers and branches left in the garden. It's mid November and the temperature today was 73 degrees(and I won't even mention global warming). This arrangement was just another
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 119](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-119/) - One leaf, one flower. Such a simple concept, right? Well yes and no, it can come together with little difficulty or be a struggle. The first photo is one I had done a few weeks ago, orange zinnia and a Japanese butterbur leaf. The combination of the two and the container worked quite well and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 118](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-118/) - One of the lessons in the old Sogetsu textbook inspired me today, using wood without a container. It's mean to be more of a sculptural design lesson, and stresses making the piece stand on it's own. I had a few scrap pieces of curly willow that I have been saving for a while, perfect oppportunity
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 117](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-117/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 116](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-116/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 114](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-114/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 113](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-113/) - 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.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 112](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-112/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 121](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-121/) - A freestyle arrangement today, with the fruit "hand of Buddah" and locally grown red tulips. The hand of Buddah is actually lemon, which I spotted in the grocery store with two others. I don't see them often but I grab one if I do. Truly a special visual treat,and this time I might even try
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 115](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-115/) - Here are two version of the same arrangement for your viewing. Which version do you prefer, and why?
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 111](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-111/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 110](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-110/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 109](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-109/) - 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.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 108](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-108/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 107](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-107/) - Like most ikebana enthusiasts I have lots of containers, some I use over and over and a few that have rarely or never been used. Today I thought I would pull one out and work with it. It'a great piece, but can be difficult to work with. Curved lines are what this black container is
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 106](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-106/) - A miniature ikebana arrangment today, inspired by the lovely pink begonia bloom. I wanted to use it since it is at the peak of perfection. So small so it had to be a minature ikebana. I chose a small white sake cup and curled up a single leaf of bird's nest fern and place it
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 105](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-105/) - A quick post after traveling today, my arrangement was done this evening. I took a walk with Frederick and we found some berries that we think are some sort of honeysuckle. They are very translucent and went well with the single chrysanthemum I had left. It was a nice way to send my travel day.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 104](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-104/) - The first part of my post today is about the stem of foliage seen above, it was the mystery foliage in the grocery store bouquet yesterday. Does anybody recognize this foliage? It's very tender, and weirdly alomst plastic. On first glance (and second and third glance) it almost looks like a plastic piece of foliage
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 103](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-103/) - My quest to find flowers on my vaction has led me to grocery stores, and I have written about it in the last few days. Dyed flowers, bad/limited selection, that sort of thing. Today I gave Trader Joe's grocery store a try, and surprise it had a nice little section of flowers (not a dyed
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 102](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-102/) - My busy vacation day included looking for flowers, no flower shop nearby so I had to resort to the grocery store. I kept telling myself that it is a challenge and that ultimately I should be able to produce ikebana with any material. I chose the football chrysanthemums for color, seasonal relatabilty and the fact
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 101](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-101/) - One thing I like about being away from home is being able to visit new sources for containers. Thrift store are still a big favorite, as well as different art galleries and craft shops. I spotted this vase in a Goodwill store, a handmade piece(with a small seal signature one the bottom) with a great
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 100](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-100/) - Hooray, it's a milestone day for me. Day 100!!!! Only 265 more days to go. Today I did a moribana with grasses that I collected, and I also found some bay berry and small bradford pears. I combined all those materials with the reamining black callas and some red rose buds. Simple but it worked,
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 99](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-99/) - This week I am actually away on a vacation, trying to unwind and to also get re-energized. It's also a bit of a challenge for this project since I am doing arrangements while I am away. So far, so good as there are interesting materials growing and they are seasonal too. These gorgeous hawthorne berries
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 98](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-98/) - My freestyle moribana for today, just trying to not think about it too much and just do it. Easy to do with such lovely materials. The pink dahlia is courtesy of my partner's mother, Phyllis, and the white freesia and monstera are from the florist. I'm taking this week to decompress a bit and re-group
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 97](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-97/) - Autumn and flowers from the garden were the inspirations today. The Japanese toad lilies with their speckled blooms were my first choice, and I experimented with many other materials before settling on chrysanthemums, hydrangea, blackberry lily pods and a begonia leaf. The base of the desing is a piece of driftwood, and my thought was
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 96](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-96/) - My arrangement started out very flashy and, very honestly, overworked. I think I may at some point post selections of the ikebana pieces that got a thumbs down, just for fun. For today it was better to be simple and work in a small ikebana vase. The materials are black calla lilies, a begonia leaf
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 95](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-95/) - Today I tried to so a variation of a floating arrangement, and it is not working for me. I like the elements, chinese lanterns and palm fronds. It's just not hitting the mark for me. Great color and a bit of movement, but you don't see the water element and I used way too many
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 94](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-94/) - When I do my daily ikebana arrangements I often start with one idea and it progesses into something else, sometimes along the same thought/design process or something altogether different. So here is a glimpse into one of those ideas. I have these lovely gloriosa lilies and I wanted to use them in mass, an easy
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 93](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-93/) - It's my first time trying to manipulate palm fronds, they're simply leaves tied two together at a time. Semi successful, it just needs some more practice, but not bad for a starting point. Like anything it takes time and exploration and experimentation. The handing of the leaves is very zen, and just relaxes me regardless
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 92](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-92/) - This is the arrangement I did in my Sogetsu Ikebana class tonight. I was given three stems of "hairy balls" (Asclepias physocarpa) and told to do the lesson "Using only one type of flower". It can be a difficult lesson or easy lesson depending on what type of floral material you get. I thought that
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 91](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-91/) - There are some materials that I am drawn to over and over again, two are in this arrangement. The trifoliate orange with it's spiny thorns and shape, and the yellow craspedia so small and round. I love them both so much, and I am finding more and more ways to re-use and get more familiar
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 90](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-90/) - Disassembling and rearranging the materials, I changed the appearance of a stem of papyrus and a chinese lantern to make my own composite flower. It's a great exercise to see what you can create by taking the materials apart and and seeing how you can alter their appearance. Creative and a great way to get
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 89](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-89/) - My freestyle ikebana arrangement for today with green china berries, whorled begonia leaf and plumosa fern. The berries were the starting point for the arrangement and I realy wanted to so something that could use them in. Adding in the whorled begonia leaf(from one of my begonia plants) and the plumosa to make it a
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 88](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-88/) - Simple and easy tonight, I wanted to show the shape of the opening of the black vase. Using the yellow calla lilies was a perfect fit in shape of flower and strong color to play off the black. It shows off the odd opening on the side of the vase and uses it to a
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 87](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-87/) - Colors in the same tonal range or vertical composition? The answer is that they are both. The combination of yellow pincushion protea, dried bird of paradise leaf and hosta leaf are in the same tonal range of yellows. If you look at the chart below you can see the different tones of yellow used in
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 86](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-86/) - These yellow calla lilies grabbed my attention today, I wanted to use them with a clear vase and show their play in the water. Curved lines of callas swimming in the water, and I thought they looked like yellow fish in a bowl yearning to be free. Moments after taking the photo they leaped out
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 85](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-85/) - Today was a day for me to try reilling my creative well by going to see art at some of the museums here in Washington,DC. It was tiring, but well worth getting a bit of creative thought going again. I came home and crashed, and it was difficult to get moving again. Almost impossible to
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 84](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-84/) - This morimono is from my Saga Goryu Ikebana class today. The morimono in Saga is largely landscape based and are meant to convey scenes around bodies of water. Fall flowers, persimmons, asters, sumac and others are used to create this arrangement. It's not bad, but still a little too clumpy and bulky for the container.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 83](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-83/) - This glass vase is challenging to work with, but the more I do the more I understand the possibilities it holds. I had some white cymbidium orchid blooms I wanted to use, and combined them with the millet. My partner Frederick suggested that I add the red celosia and the red color paired with white
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 82](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-82/) - Simplified expression is the ikebana of the day, made of stacked hosta leaves and clusters of yellow craspedia (one of my all time favorite flowers). The hosta leaves are massed together all to one side to show some movement, and the craspedia peeking out from the base. A simple design with a strong impact.
- [365 Days of Ikebana -Day 81](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-81/) - Some vases or containers are not easy to design in, and this particular vase is one of them. I wanted to revisit it(and I will again and again) to see what I can do with it. It's a journey of discovery, I'm still trying to learn to see things right brained. Maybe when I find
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 80](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-80/) - My bittersweet vine theme continues for one more day, I was inspired by this bowl I received from my partner last month for my birthday. I turned it upside down and used the holes in it to build the ikebana. Kiwi vines as the base and a mass of bittersweet vines on the other side.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 79](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-79/) - My physical and mental feeling is heavy tonight, very tired and I need to catch up on some rest. So for my arrangement I wanted to convey a feeling of being light and lifted on air. Some bittersweet from last night's class and a bit a balloon vine combines to create such a feeling.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 78](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-78/) - Tonight was my Monday night Sogetsu Ikebana class, we have it twice a month in a DC at a private home. On the table are the materials we were given to use by our sensei, bittersweet vine and chrysanthemums. The bittersweet had lots of leaves and needed to be removed before arranging. I tried to
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 77](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-77/) - A bouquet of flowers from the farmer's market was the starting poing ot the ikebana arrangement I made today. The bouquet was filled with a spectrum of colors, as well as different shapes and textures. It was little overhelming, and I had to either select a few stems or figure out how to make it
- [365 Days of Ikebana -Day 76](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-76/) - It's October 1st and here in Washington,DC it feels like early November. The temperatures have fallen into the 40's tonight and it is rainy, not good for trying to get out in the garden in the dark with a flashlight to find floral materials. The studio is chilly too, and winterproofing this early is just
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 75](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-75/) - At first glance it looks like a lotus leaf and pod, but that is what I wanted you to see. The truth is that I was really trying to find something to use today and threw out some old fading leaves. But as I was tossing the last leaf out I took a careful look
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 74](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-74/) - The mere mention of dried flowers brings visions to some of old fashioned 60s or 70's arrangements that your mother or grandmother had at home. Filled with various dried fillers and often in colors that just were not natural (nor pleasing) in any way. Often designed in some almost Colonial American stiff formal style, no
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 73](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-73/) - Reusing the pomegranate branch from Sunday's class I made this nagiere arrangement. The branch has been stripped of it's leaves so that I could give the feeling of a later part of autumn. Bare driftwood, a fading yellow hosta, and some balloon vine are the elements I used to finish the design. Nice movement, and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 72](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-72/) - Ikebana using only branches, from my Sogetsu Ikebana lesson tonight. I decided to also tie in another lesson so I did it without using a kenzan. The branches are a combination of oak and euonymus supplied to me by my sensei for the class. It's a real challenge to be handed some branches and come
- [365 Days of ikebana-Day 71](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-71/) - Everything in this arrangment is from our garden, beautiful begonias and the deep pink sedum. The pink is an unusual color for fall, however sedums are a great flower. Long lasting in arrangements and and blast of color in the fading fall garden. I think it is essential to my current creative growth to find
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 70](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-70/) - My arrangement today is the heika from my Saga Goryu Ikebana class. In the design are pomegranate branches, solidago and rose hips. This is the more clasical school I study and I find it to be a lot more difficult, lots of rules and challenging arrangements. Still it does add to my understanding of basic
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 69 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-69/) - Mass and curved lines are the theme for today, mass is created here by castor bean and craspedia and kiwi vine forms the curved lines. It's worth mentioning that castor beans are extremely poisonous, so care should be taken to make sure they are placed in a safe place out of the reach of children
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 68](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-68/) - For today's ikebana arrangmetn I chose to re-use the manipulated equisetum form again, it's still in good shape today and the inspiration struck. It's always nice to show variations and how the same materials or form can be used in different ways. I used a different container, and added a single dried aspidistra leaf and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 67](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-67/) - A short enty since it is so late at night, the manipulated equisetum is from the workshop I helped teach tonight at the Freer Gallery of Art. I brought home the piece I made and added the beautiful dahlia. So my work for today is finally complete. Sweet dreams!
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 66](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-66/) - Every day presents a challenge in getting an arrangement done, some days I am pretty worn out and I am afraid of hitting the wall. Despite the fact that I have had one of those long days I still did it. It's due to the success of developing a daily habit of creating, and that
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 65](https://keithstanley.com/817/) - It's such a simple arrangement, but it makes me laugh a bit. The single peach surrounded by the foxtail millet is like a beach unbrella, or palm tree (or Sideshow Bob, if you're a fan of "The Simpsons"). Perhaps it was made to remind me not to take things so seriously, some days there will
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 64](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-64/) - My return to my Sogetsu Ikebana classes tonight after a brief summer break was a delight. I didn't have to go cut flowers, or go buy them, I just went to class and had them handed to me. The hard part about that is trying to work with a combination that you are given. The
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 63 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-63/) - Autumn leaves called me today, and I collected them one by one. They were massed on a branch to create a hana kubari (flower holder) and a sinble sunflower was placed in it. The branch created a contrasting movement to the self made vase I used. It's a simple arrangement really, but it captures the
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 62](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-62/) - My daily work keeps drifting back to leaf manipulation, it's a really dynamic way to add an interesting and different element to designs. Today I started altering a banana leaf to see if I could make it work, but I was trying too hard to make it fit with the arrangement I had started. I'm
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 61](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-61/) - Miniature ikebana facinates me, it seem so simple but it is hard to do. It takes skill to make something so small look so good. I'm alsways on the hunt for small containers to work with, little vases and bottles of all sorts, they just fuel my desire to make these delicate gems. The late
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 60](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-60/) - Autumn blew in this evening dropping the temperature to more seasonal levels, and so I wanted to do an arrangement that echoed that change. I selected some burr oak branches that had been spotted during an walk earlier in the week. They have a great acorn with a fuzzy cap and I removed of the
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 59](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-59/) - Ikebana with flowers only is today's arrangement. It's Lesson 1 in book 4 of the Sogetsu Textbook, and of course is only flowers. There should be at least 2 or more types of flowers, and you should also vary the color and shape of the different flowers. Here I have used rust colred mokara orchid
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 58](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-58/) - This arrangement was inspired by one of the lessons from the Sogetsu textbook, it's a newer lesson added when the textbooks were updated a few years ago. "Intertwining Plant Materials" is the lesson, and a bit of a challenge. It's just not easy to get a bunch of vines to look "right". My arrangement took
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 57](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-57/) - Some days I don't have an abundance of floral materials, and today was one of those days. I got home very late and that wasn't expected. Too late to forage in the garden for something to use for today, so I chose to use some unconventional materials. I grabbed some copper angel hair and a
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 56 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-56/) - Tonight my arrangement was done late in the day, a challenge since I was very tired. Trying to be complex or unique gave way to simplicity. A cluster of catalpa pods and a single "Free Spirit" rose provides a glimpse of the arriving autumn season, my favorite time of year.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 55](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-55/) - My idea for today's arrangement was using only items I could find on a neighborhood walk, and I thought it would be easy. Living in the city I often find discarded items that could be used for some interesing ikebana and I was on the hunt. So Frederick and I went for our walk and
- [365 Days of ikebana-Day 54](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-54/) - At last the heavy rain has ended, and the sun came out this afternoon. It's been along week of rain (some places in this area have received 10-15" of rain this week) and now I can get out to find some things to make arrangements with. I did this simple leaf manipulation by cutting circles
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 53](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-53/) - Photography was a bit of a struggle today, it's really gray, rainy and overcast so there is very little natural light. I used an overhead light that casts a shadow downward and helps the general effect of the design. This half moon vase is really fun and I wanted to be able to show it
- [The Photo Gallery is up!](https://keithstanley.com/the-photo-gallery-is-up/) - I have added my Flickr linked gallery to the Photo Gallery page. Click on any image to see a larger version of it. You might also notice the facelift to my website. I'll be working on the other pages soon, so stop by and take a look.
- [State of change](https://keithstanley.com/hello-world/) - I'm in the process of redeveloping this site using new version of wordpress and new features to enhance what I am able to do. Photo Galleries will be added to the pages shortly. It's taking some time to learn what works with this version of wordpress, some trial and error. Stay tuned!
- [Floral Photography 101](https://keithstanley.com/floral-photography-101/) - Taking photographs is a learning process, and I was asked by a reader to share information about how I do it. It's taken a while to get a system that works for me. First you need a background, some people use fabric but I find it hard to keep from wrinkling, I use seamless background
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 52](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-52/) - My quick ikebana arrangement for a rain soaked day, pine with an orange zinnia. The pine is the main focus with the zinnia as the secondary point meant to draw the eye into the design. Something peaceful for a stormy, wet day.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 51](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-51/) - It's the day after Labor Day and that generally means fall has arrived, and this year was no exception. Only 65 degrees for a high here in DC today and lots of rain. The rain will be lasting the rest of the week and it does make it a little harder to use flowers and
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 50](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-50/) - Day 50! It's hard to believe that I have been doing an ikebana arrangement every day for 50 days. I still have a lot more to go, but so far it's going great. Some days the arrangement is easy and some days it's not. Today wasn't so much of a struggle, but more of a
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 49 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-49/) - A small version today of the arrangement I wanted to do. You know that thing that is always in the way (in this case a roll of red electrical wire that has been in the studio forever) and you know that someday you're going to use it? It's always there and you keep it in
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 48](https://keithstanley.com/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 leaves usually have to go, and it's a long process to take them off one by one being careful not to take the berries off
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 47](https://keithstanley.com/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 settled on one in particular. I had wanted to do a hana kubari (a natural means of supporting flowers) and I wanted to expand on
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 46](https://keithstanley.com/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 to use one for today. While on my walk to gather some materials for the arrangement I remembered a branch that Frederick had pointed out
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 45](https://keithstanley.com/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 worked, and perhaps for the fall/winter arrangements it will add to the overall effect of the seasons. Learning to do an arrangement any time of
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 44](https://keithstanley.com/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 use today and wanted something a bit different. A different direction, or some big change was needed from the last several days so it required
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 43](https://keithstanley.com/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 the beach colors but wanted to add a touch of color. It will soon be time for the vibrant reds, yellows and oranges of fall
- [365 Days of Ikebana -Day 42](https://keithstanley.com/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 the house we were staying in was shattered by a wind blown tree branch around 8PM last night. As were were trying to cover it(
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 41](https://keithstanley.com/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 the storm began at noon. Wrong! It was already windy when we got up and began to rain shortly afterwards. Now it's been really windy
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 40](https://keithstanley.com/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 a very beachy feel and some lightness to it. The pampas grass (courtesy of Juanita's yard) gives a bright and airy feeling, and the barnacle
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 39](https://keithstanley.com/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 a part of the day too. later I was able to gather some lovely gypsophilia (baby's breath) , pink garden roses, and some dark red
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 38 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-38/) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sogetsudc/6081521288/ This is the result of my work(off and on) for the last few days. It somewhat resembles the sketch I did. Not complicated, but a fun piece to do. I had wanted it to have some kinetic energy of some sort and I never imagined that the root/driftwood piece would move in the water.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 37](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-37/) - For some reason today I chose not to place the sphere I had been working on in the installation spot and instead was drawn to late summer materials to make a smaller piece. I chose some grasses, some bittersweet (still in the green stage), driftwood, hydrangea, a fading hosta leaf and some bright orange/red nandina.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 36](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-36/) - Much of today was spent running from place to place, up early and back to DC and then to appointments. After all that I worked on catching up on things so that we could return back to the bay this afternoon. I had barely enough daylight once we arrived back at the bay to go
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 35](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-35/) - Today's photo is the best of some badly lit out of focus photos from today. Bad because it was late with bad lighting and the sphere kept spinning,which was pretty cool looking just not good for a still photo. The pieces of bark in the photo were removed later on, I might find a way
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 34](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-34/) - a href="https://keithstanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bay-016.jpg"> Today I started a new piece with the thought that it should be completely done in one day. It was an ambitious piece, with a lot od detail to be done. Later in the day I realized that my goal of creating daily was still intact. I am creating daily, just not making
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 33](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-33/) - At home for the day, before heading back to our retreat. I brought a touch of the bay back with me, a few small pieces of driftwood. In the garden I collected a few fading summer flowers to use. Everything except the driftwood is still fresh. I cut a branch of maple from the tree
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 32](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-32/) - This week I have scouted out a few places along the stretch of beach here on the bay outside our artist's "retreat" to use to make my daily arrangements. It's a chance to get outside the studio and use things not normally available to me, and with each day I am finding more and more
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 31](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-31/) - My walk along the beach today yielded lots of options for today's ikebana. I found some wild hot pink sweet peas, black roots, a small piece of driftwood, an oyster shell, grasses and a piece of water worn bone to use. The materials I gleaned could not have been more perfect for this arrangement, everything
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 30](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-30/) - As promised I did an arrangement with some grasses, which I thought were bulrushes at first, and used them to make lots of straight lines. The patterns are much like the sails on the sailboats I'm seeing out on the Chesapeake Bay each day. I added some green and white variegated hosta leaves, a couple
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 29](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-29/) - This freestyle ikebana arrangement was done with some quickly gathered materials this evening. We're on an artist's "retreat" for a while. I found some variegated euonymus, roses, porcelain berry, crape myrtle, and a few bay grasses. Rains and thunderstorms kept me from getting out and really looking for more materials, but still I found quite
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 28](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-28/) - For the last few days I have had some boxwood clippings just waiting to be used. They are short and I thought they might be good for some type of ikebana showing mass.I went through several containers trying to find the right one and came up with this clear glass vase that I thought was
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 27](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-27/) - This has been the most difficult day so far, I ran out of steam and energy after a long day. It has really mad me realize what a difficult project I've begun, and how much momentum and dedication I need to keep it going. My hope was that a small power nap would revive me
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 26](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-26/) - Another try at manipulating leaves, this time with monstera leaves and a differeent technique for the equisetum. The monstera leaves I cut into "squares" to try to give them a different look and feel, the equisetum was curled at one end to given them an interesting look (almost like fern curls). Manipulating leaves is getting
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 25](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-25/) - A single bloom of blue clematis and some fantail willow made for a lovely ikebana arrangement today. I had a rock that I wanted to use today to make another "hana kubari" styled design and those waiting elements were perfect. The arrangements from yesterday and today were both in tune with my partner Frederick who
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 24](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-24/) - This arrangement is made using a technique called "hana kubari", it's basically a way of using natural materials as the fixture to hold a flower or flowers in place. The small melon is used as the hana kubari to hold the orange zinnia. This melon was a vounteer plant in the garden, and in fact
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 23](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-23/) - Again I was drawn into manipulating the equisetum, I had vowed to move onto something else this week but the enticement was still there. I tried a different technique of making a "fence" of five stems of tall equisetum, something that I had not tried before. It wasn't hard to do, but still took a
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 22](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-22/) - It's hard to believe that I am on day 22 of my project: a year of daily ikebana arrangements. One of our two banana trees provided me with some inspiration today, I wanted to so something with some leaves to show their surface. I cut two of the reddish banana leaves and shaped them in
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 21](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-21/) - Tired of waiting for the garden to start blooming again I went to the Dupont Circle Farmer's Market today to purchase some flowers. Using what I've grown or collected has been a pretty good feeling, but after days of barely being able to glean enough worth while materials to work with I had to buy
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 20](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-20/) - This little Polish glass vase was a nice find today at Ruff & Ready . It was half price since this "junque" store is going out of business this month. I've found some sweet Japanese ceramics there over the years and I am sad to see it go. The small opening was filled with a
- [365 Days of ikebana-Day 19](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-19/) - My last day with the manipulation of equisetum, and I am ready to move on to something else. It feels much like I am phoning it in today, and that is a terrible feeling. This isn't an easy project, and I knew that going into it. I'm doing for a reason, and that reason is
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 18 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-18/) - 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".
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 17](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-17/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 16 ](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-16/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 15](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-15/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 14](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-14/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 13](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-13/) - 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.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 12](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-12/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 11](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-11/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 10](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-10/) - 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.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 9](https://keithstanley.com/365-days-of-ikebana-day-9/) - 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
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 8](https://keithstanley.com/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 arrangement is done with hosta leaves and blue balloon flower from the garden, and a dried bird of paradise leaf.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 7](https://keithstanley.com/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 had forgotten about the coyotes here, and got just a wee bit afraid of roaming in my parents garden without being able to see well.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 6](https://keithstanley.com/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](https://keithstanley.com/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 bit I managed to find some. I had also wanted to use the magnolia obtusa (which my family calls "the cucumber tree") and I located
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 4 ](https://keithstanley.com/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 of it and sawed it into small pieces of different lengths and placed them on one side of a suiban and secured them in place.
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 3](https://keithstanley.com/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 end I hope to accomplish that goal. 365 Days of Ikebana is all about growth and doing the work daily, and today I have done
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 2](https://keithstanley.com/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 single blue/purple hydrangea and just could not seem to get what I wanted. Lots of reworking the materials, trying to get it right. I took
- [365 Days of Ikebana-Day 1 ](https://keithstanley.com/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 do more work and do it on a daily basis. After discovering Noah Scalin's book 365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and
- [Ikebana Using Colored, Dried and Fresh Materials ](https://keithstanley.com/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 branch was found in the street, an interesting shape that caught my eye so I brought it home to use. I stripped the bare completely
- [Saga Goryu Ikebana-Shogonka](https://keithstanley.com/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 of Saga Goryu Ikebana: Moribana, Heika, Seika, and Shogonka. The directions of the flowers symbolize the relation between Heaven and Earth, the length of the
- [Glimpse of Summer](https://keithstanley.com/glimpse-of-summer/) - From my Saga Goryu Ikebana class this past week "Heika-Chokuseitai Maedome". I've been studying this wonderful classical school of ikebana for a year now. It's adding to my knowledge of ikebana and helping me to be more centered. Another nice aspect is that is has made my Sogetsu Ikebana seem much easier, maybe it's the
- [Summer Blooms on Exhibit](https://keithstanley.com/254/) - Today I did an ikebana arrangement for the 2011 Legacy of Mary Sugiyama-Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition at the United States National Arboretum. I've done this show several times before and you can read about last year's exhibition (and see some photos) on my other blog Sogetsu Atelier . Ths exhibition is a short one last only
- [Vertical Composition](https://keithstanley.com/vertical-composition/) - It's the in between time in the garden, no longer full of spring flowers and just beginning to have those of summer. I cut an iris leaf from the plant that is long past bloom, added some of the lovely varigated hosta leaves and some purple alliums to make a small ikebana arrangement. The small
- [Cool Blue Water](https://keithstanley.com/cool-blue-water/) - Cool blue water surrounds the Hana Kubari made with a split stem of curly willow branch. Perched across the branch lies chartreuse green mini cymbidium orchid blooms and delicate blue grape hyacinths. It's a cool relaxing arrangement for a beautiful early spring day.
- [Spring Awakening](https://keithstanley.com/184/) - Spring brings about renewal, long dormant life begins to awaken and reach for the sun. A perfect time to begin some posts here and show some new arrangements. I thought I might create some just for this site, so here is the first one. I chose to use a curly willow branch that I split to
- [Time out](https://keithstanley.com/time-out/) - I've been tinkering with photos to post here recently, and you can see my efforts on the Sogetsu Ikebana page. But for the next month or so I will be turning my attention to creating new work and improving my blog www.sogetsuatelier.com. So check there beginning late next week to see what I am up to,
- [New Links!](https://keithstanley.com/new-links/) - I've updated and added new links to some of my favorite cool websites and blogs, all are listed in the Blogroll. More to come!
- [Slideshow Added to Ikebana Page](https://keithstanley.com/ikebana-page-slideshow/) - I've just added a slideshow to the ikebana page, so take a look. It's all linked to my Flickr site.

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- [dendrobium orchids](https://keithstanley.com/tag/dendrobium-orchids/)
- [lily](https://keithstanley.com/tag/lily/)
- [crocosmia](https://keithstanley.com/tag/crocosmia/)
- [palm](https://keithstanley.com/tag/palm/)
- [globe thistle](https://keithstanley.com/tag/globe-thistle/)
- [thistle](https://keithstanley.com/tag/thistle/)
- [liatris](https://keithstanley.com/tag/liatris/)
- [yucca](https://keithstanley.com/tag/yucca/)
- [wildflowers](https://keithstanley.com/tag/wildflowers/)
- [ferns](https://keithstanley.com/tag/ferns/)
- [tithonia](https://keithstanley.com/tag/tithonia/)
- [found objects](https://keithstanley.com/tag/found-objects/)
- [Gerd Verschoor](https://keithstanley.com/tag/gerd-verschoor/)
- [wabi sabi](https://keithstanley.com/tag/wabi-sabi/)
- [pear](https://keithstanley.com/tag/pear/)
- [strelitzia](https://keithstanley.com/tag/strelitzia/)
- [Ligustrum berries](https://keithstanley.com/tag/ligustrum-berries/)
- [Hyacinth](https://keithstanley.com/tag/hyacinth/)
- [Blooming branches](https://keithstanley.com/tag/blooming-branches/)
- [Ice](https://keithstanley.com/tag/ice/)
- [Flexigrass](https://keithstanley.com/tag/flexigrass/)
- [Contorted filbert](https://keithstanley.com/tag/contorted-filbert/)
- [Dried leaves](https://keithstanley.com/tag/dried-leaves/)
- [Mobach](https://keithstanley.com/tag/mobach/)
- [Orchids](https://keithstanley.com/tag/orchids/)
- [James Storie](https://keithstanley.com/tag/james-storie/)
- [Acuba](https://keithstanley.com/tag/acuba/)
- [Sea fan](https://keithstanley.com/tag/sea-fan/)
- [gerbera](https://keithstanley.com/tag/gerbera/)
- [lunaria](https://keithstanley.com/tag/lunaria/)
- [Sweet peas](https://keithstanley.com/tag/sweet-peas/)
- [Monarda](https://keithstanley.com/tag/monarda/)
- [crepe myrtle](https://keithstanley.com/tag/crepe-myrtle/)
- [Honeysuckle](https://keithstanley.com/tag/honeysuckle/)
- [Wedding](https://keithstanley.com/tag/wedding/)
- [Bridal](https://keithstanley.com/tag/bridal/)
- [Wedding flowers](https://keithstanley.com/tag/wedding-flowers/)
- [Wedding bouquet](https://keithstanley.com/tag/wedding-bouquet/)
- [Bridal bouquet](https://keithstanley.com/tag/bridal-bouquet/)
- [Woodland](https://keithstanley.com/tag/woodland/)
- [Local flowers](https://keithstanley.com/tag/local-flowers/)
- [Mosses](https://keithstanley.com/tag/mosses/)
- [Acorns](https://keithstanley.com/tag/acorns/)
- [Rosemary](https://keithstanley.com/tag/rosemary/)
- [kale](https://keithstanley.com/tag/kale/)
- [Maidenhair fern](https://keithstanley.com/tag/maidenhair-fern/)
- [Cones](https://keithstanley.com/tag/cones/)
- [Lichen](https://keithstanley.com/tag/lichen/)
- [Gloriosa lily](https://keithstanley.com/tag/gloriosa-lily/)
- [Spearmint](https://keithstanley.com/tag/spearmint/)
- [Sage](https://keithstanley.com/tag/sage/)
- [Running cedar](https://keithstanley.com/tag/running-cedar/)
- [Holly](https://keithstanley.com/tag/holly/)
- [Mint](https://keithstanley.com/tag/mint/)
- [Lamb's ear](https://keithstanley.com/tag/lambs-ear/)
- [Pods](https://keithstanley.com/tag/pods/)
- [Coneflower](https://keithstanley.com/tag/coneflower/)
- [Yarrow](https://keithstanley.com/tag/yarrow/)
- [leaves](https://keithstanley.com/tag/leaves/)
- [selloum](https://keithstanley.com/tag/selloum/)
- [philodendron](https://keithstanley.com/tag/philodendron/)
- [Bamboo](https://keithstanley.com/tag/bamboo/)
- [Ikebana International](https://keithstanley.com/tag/ikebana-international/)
- [Hitomi Gilliam](https://keithstanley.com/tag/hitomi-gilliam/)
- [Arabicum](https://keithstanley.com/tag/arabicum/)
- [Nerine lilies](https://keithstanley.com/tag/nerine-lilies/)
- [Cedar](https://keithstanley.com/tag/cedar/)
- [Galax](https://keithstanley.com/tag/galax/)
- [ikebana](https://keithstanley.com/tag/ikebana/)
- [flowers](https://keithstanley.com/tag/flowers/)
- [European floral design](https://keithstanley.com/tag/european-floral-design/)
- [techniques](https://keithstanley.com/tag/techniques/)
- [construction](https://keithstanley.com/tag/construction/)
- [Florist](https://keithstanley.com/tag/florist/)
- [wreath](https://keithstanley.com/tag/wreath/)
- [design](https://keithstanley.com/tag/design/)
- [hand ties bouquet](https://keithstanley.com/tag/hand-ties-bouquet/)
- [DCflorist](https://keithstanley.com/tag/dcflorist/)
- [kalanchoe](https://keithstanley.com/tag/kalanchoe/)
- [dianthus](https://keithstanley.com/tag/dianthus/)
- [paper](https://keithstanley.com/tag/paper/)
- [paper art](https://keithstanley.com/tag/paper-art/)
- [papier](https://keithstanley.com/tag/papier/)
- [Art in Bloom](https://keithstanley.com/tag/art-in-bloom/)
- [Anderson House](https://keithstanley.com/tag/anderson-house/)