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 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
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 140
The theme of holiday ikebana continues today with traditional colors once again. I reused the red branch from yesterday and I added more pine and some white chrysanthemums. Not only
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 139
This holiday inspired arrangement began with with the phalaenopsis orchids that I used last night, I wanted to make another ikebana arrangement with the white one instead. With the white
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 138
Phalaenopsis orchids are some of the most beautiful, delicate flowers around. I had several stems to use today, and I started working with the stems trying to mass them. They
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 137
What do you get when you have no materials to make ikebana? A challenge! I meant to get flowers today, but I had too many other things going on and