Journal archive
March 19, 2012
Once again I thought I wanted to try working with some gypsophila, a material that I still don’t quite understand. It’s an unruly puff of tiny white blooms that I keep trying to use in a pleasing way. maybe it’s that I need to just keep at it until I “get it” . That’s probably […]
Read story →March 18, 2012
Tonight I’m doing ikebana using all flowers, mostly spring blooms from our garden. This is one of the lessons in the Sogetsu textbook and it has no branches or leaves only flowers. Luckily there are lots of flowers blooming in the garden to use, narcissus, hyacinth, muscari, and more. I’m never quite sure about his […]
Read story →March 17, 2012
March 16, 2012
The abundance of pollen in the air has left me feeling a little under the weather. I was determined to get an ikebana arrangement done this evening. To start it I had several red ranunculus and tulips, and I used a blue container that is higher on one side. Yellow craspedia was added to make […]
Read story →March 15, 2012
Using my own flowers in my ikebana work is so rewarding to me. I give my time and care to the plants by planting , feeding and watering them. In return the plants provide beautiful blooms and foliage for me to use. It’a great relationship that I never tire of. Our warm temperatures the last […]
Read story →March 14, 2012
March 11, 2012
March 8, 2012
Here is a different version of the hana dome with winged euonymus that I made for the demo on Wednesday. I wanted to try it again with diferent materials, so this time I used lots of yellow craspedia. The piece is tall so it is harder to photograph in my tiny studio, luckily it wasn’t […]
Read story →March 7, 2012
Today I had the pleasure of presenting a hana dome demonstration and workshop for the Ikebana International Alexandria Workshop. After demonstrating three arrangements I worked with the 20 workshop participants learing how to build their own hana dome or flower fixtures with branches and wire. I thought everyone enjoyed the workshop, and I hope they […]
Read story →March 6, 2012