Journal archive
June 23, 2012
Today I did a little more work on braiding palm leaves, this time with phoenix palm. It has a very small leaf, interesting to work with but I think the areca palm I uesed a few days ago works much better. However I did learn more about how to do the braiding, so I will […]
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June 21, 2012
Earlier in the week I promised my sensei that I would continue to work on my weaving and leaf manipulation practice. Today I used the only palm leaf I had to do this piece for today’s ikebana, not perfect but still a pretty good start. With the woven palm leaf I used a stem of […]
Read story →June 20, 2012
June 19, 2012
June 18, 2012
My lesson assisgnment for my Sogetsu ikebana class tonight was to do the lesson on intertwining materials. I was given some palm and zebra grass and a single hydrangea bloom for color. It started out great and I worked on weaving the palm and after some work almost had it finished, but then I could […]
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June 16, 2012
June 15, 2012
June 14, 2012