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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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