365 Days of Ikebana-Day 62
My daily work keeps drifting back to leaf manipulation, it’s a really dynamic way to add an interesting and different element to designs. Today I started altering a banana leaf
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 53
Photography was a bit of a struggle today, it’s really gray, rainy and overcast so there is very little natural light. I used an overhead light that casts a shadow
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 26
Another try at manipulating leaves, this time with monstera leaves and a differeent technique for the equisetum. The monstera leaves I cut into “squares” to try to give them a
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 23
Again I was drawn into manipulating the equisetum, I had vowed to move onto something else this week but the enticement was still there. I tried a different technique of
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 22
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
365 Days of ikebana-Day 19
My last day with the manipulation of equisetum, and I am ready to move on to something else. It feels much like I am phoning it in today, and that
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 18
Continuing my theme from yesterday, a further exploration of manipulating equisetum. This was done later in the day, and started out way too complicated with too many elements. After working
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 17
Finally we get some much needed rain in Washington,DC. Our garden is happy today and so am I. The heat and dry conditions have make blooming material scarce in the