365 Days of Ikebana-Day 152
Simple white and green arrangements are wonderful during the winter season, here I have used evergreens with white hydrangeas and “Eskimo” roses. The Eskimo roses are a lovely white like
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 151
Winter berries are always plentiful this time of year so I thought I would do something with them. The combination of winter berries (ilex) and pepper berries seemed too close
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 150
A very quick post and arrangement tonight, massed flowers using a rock as fixture. In this case the rock acts as the kenzan in a way, it holds the stems
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 149
In the freestyle ikebana I did today there are two stems of red amaryllis, one is straight up and the other is inverted in an upside down position. The upside
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 148
A quick holiday vertical composition for today, done in a self made vessel. The roses are one of my new favorites, an antique gold color variety called “Combo”. I’ve paired
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 147
Ikebana wihtout using a kenzan, it’s a pretty simple concept but not quite so easy to do. It’a all about balance, and working to interlace the materials to get them
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 146
Out of necessity and fatigue I made this small floral offering for view tonight. It’s easy, but just want I needed to do when I am this tired. The timing
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 145
Another attempt at “simplified expression”, this time I pared it down to try to get the feel I wanted. It’s close, but still not quite what I wanted. Getting that
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 144
Simplified expression is the theme for today’s arrangement, done with evergreens and a white phalaenopsis orchid bloom. I did the arrangement and later on decided to review the textbook and
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 143
It’s been raining all day here, a record winter rainfall of 3.1 inches fell today. Our average total rain for December is 3.05 inches. Tonight the temperatures are falling steadily