Journal archive
February 26, 2012
This is the view during my Saga ikebana class today, we were all working on seaside landscapes with pine and sand. It was interesting to work on moribana/landscape designs although a bit difficult to wrap my head around the connection between both at the same time. But it was a great class, reminding me how […]
Read story →February 25, 2012
Today I turned my exploration of materials towards filler flowers, the types of flowers that in western designs are used to cheaply take up space between more expensive showy blooms. I’m trying to get a different understanding of how I can use them in ikebana. After a trip to the grocery store for some flowers […]
Read story →February 24, 2012
Some days the ikebana arranging is not so easy, today was one of them. I worked on one design for about 90 minutes, and by the end it looked tortured. In fact it had been. I tried to get the materials to bend to my will, all the quince and other branches had been inserted […]
Read story →February 23, 2012
Something small today, not a miniature but not big either. Safari sunset protea and tulip magnolia branches in a vase that my partner Frederick bought at Miss Pixie’s yesterday. They post pictures on the “window shopping” section of their website that shows items they currently have for sale. I’ve picked up some wonderful ikebana vases […]
Read story →February 22, 2012
After a very low energy day yesterday, I am hoping that this arrangement shows a more energetic day. Maybe the warmer weather and sunshine today helped. I had more open materials to work with today and felt spring in the air, and this is my attempt to bring a bit of that indoors. While I […]
Read story →February 21, 2012
February 20, 2012
The lesson tonight at my Sogetsu ikebana class was disassembling and rearranging the materials. In the past this lesson has been more radical in the disassembling part, but we were encouraged to use it as more of an examination and study of the materials and how they work together. We were given narcissus and safari […]
Read story →February 19, 2012
Perhaps today is not my best effort, but it was nice to play with the materials and get something to photograph. I thought about it all day long, not feeling inspired I decided to just grab some materials and work. It’s mostly color work with pink(the quince and hyacinth) and green(hypericum berries and equisetum. To […]
Read story →February 17, 2012
Some of the materials from two days ago, narcissus and lily grass, have been reworked for today’s ikebana. I am anxiouly awaiting the narcissus in the garden to start blooming so I can use the different varieties in combination. A short walk in the nearby monastery was great for viewing early spirng camellias, snowdrops and […]
Read story →February 16, 2012
Here is the other ceramic piece that I bought at Manassas Clay, it’s a sweet little piece by Linda Becketti. It’s really small, a cup that you can hold in your had comfortably. In it I used one of the “Mickey Mouse” anthuriums, fading and drying but they still have some beauty and a single […]
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