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
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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
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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
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
Summer Blooms on Exhibit
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
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
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
Spring Awakening
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
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
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