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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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