Journal archive
June 13, 2012
Today’s ikebana is a morimono, made with green and yellow zucchini, an onion, red tomato with vine, snap peas, pink sweet peas, blueberries, and a dried strelitzia leaf. The inspiration came after I took some fruit from the crisper and saw the zucchini, I thought the colors were great and I didn’t have any flowers […]
Read story →June 12, 2012
Today I’ve managed to do something small to get back on track. My fever broke last night and I have finally been able to get up today. I’m still resting but eager to do more and get back to normal. Many thanks again for all your well wishes that have carried me thru the last […]
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June 7, 2012
June 6, 2012
June 5, 2012
June 4, 2012
After a few week hiatus our Sogetsu ikebana class resumed tonight, everyone was eager to get back into our ikebana work. We were given our choice of several materials to work with and asked to choose a lesson based on those materials. I opted for the sunflowers, sanseveria, equisetum and calla lillies to do mass […]
Read story →June 3, 2012
Today’s ikebana is a move back to my classical Saga Goryu ikebana study, done in class today. It’s a great balance to the more avante garde Sogetsu School, and I think that studying both schools helps me understand ikebana as a whole much better. This arrangement is the Shogonka form and the six main branches […]
Read story →June 2, 2012
June 1, 2012