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
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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
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
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
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
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 65
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
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
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
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
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