Journal archive
August 11, 2011
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 “hana kubari” styled design and those waiting elements were perfect. The arrangements from yesterday and today were both in tune with my partner Frederick who […]
Read story →August 10, 2011
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 small melon is used as the hana kubari to hold the orange zinnia. This melon was a vounteer plant in the garden, and in fact […]
Read story →August 8, 2011
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 today, I wanted to so something with some leaves to show their surface. I cut two of the reddish banana leaves and shaped them in […]
Read story →July 23, 2011
My quick ikebana for today, I’m busy trying to pack and get ready to travel tomorrow. Up at 4:30am, hoping to get a small arrangement done,photographed, and posted.
Read story →July 21, 2011
For Day 4 I wanted to do something with the Japanese knotweed growing nearby, it’s an extremely invasive plant but I still like using it. I cut a large stem of it and sawed it into small pieces of different lengths and placed them on one side of a suiban and secured them in place. […]
Read story →April 10, 2011
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 a cool relaxing arrangement for a beautiful early spring day.
Read story →April 7, 2011
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 I might create some just for this site, so here is the first one. I chose to use a curly willow branch that I split to […]
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