365 Days of Ikebana-Day 94
When I do my daily ikebana arrangements I often start with one idea and it progesses into something else, sometimes along the same thought/design process or something altogether different. So
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 93
It’s my first time trying to manipulate palm fronds, they’re simply leaves tied two together at a time. Semi successful, it just needs some more practice, but not bad for
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 92
This is the arrangement I did in my Sogetsu Ikebana class tonight. I was given three stems of “hairy balls” (Asclepias physocarpa) and told to do the lesson “Using only
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 91
There are some materials that I am drawn to over and over again, two are in this arrangement. The trifoliate orange with it’s spiny thorns and shape, and the yellow
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 90
Disassembling and rearranging the materials, I changed the appearance of a stem of papyrus and a chinese lantern to make my own composite flower. It’s a great exercise to see
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 89
My freestyle ikebana arrangement for today with green china berries, whorled begonia leaf and plumosa fern. The berries were the starting point for the arrangement and I realy wanted to
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 88
Simple and easy tonight, I wanted to show the shape of the opening of the black vase. Using the yellow calla lilies was a perfect fit in shape of flower
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 87
Colors in the same tonal range or vertical composition? The answer is that they are both. The combination of yellow pincushion protea, dried bird of paradise leaf and hosta leaf
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 86
These yellow calla lilies grabbed my attention today, I wanted to use them with a clear vase and show their play in the water. Curved lines of callas swimming in
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 85
Today was a day for me to try reilling my creative well by going to see art at some of the museums here in Washington,DC. It was tiring, but well