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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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