365 Days of Ikebana-Day 98
My freestyle moribana for today, just trying to not think about it too much and just do it. Easy to do with such lovely materials. The pink dahlia is courtesy
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 97
Autumn and flowers from the garden were the inspirations today. The Japanese toad lilies with their speckled blooms were my first choice, and I experimented with many other materials before
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 96
My arrangement started out very flashy and, very honestly, overworked. I think I may at some point post selections of the ikebana pieces that got a thumbs down, just for
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 95
Today I tried to so a variation of a floating arrangement, and it is not working for me. I like the elements, chinese lanterns and palm fronds. It’s just not
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 94
When I do my daily ikebana arrangements I often start with one idea and it progesses into something else, sometimes along the same thought/design process or something altogether different. So
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 93
It’s my first time trying to manipulate palm fronds, they’re simply leaves tied two together at a time. Semi successful, it just needs some more practice, but not bad for
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 92
This is the arrangement I did in my Sogetsu Ikebana class tonight. I was given three stems of “hairy balls” (Asclepias physocarpa) and told to do the lesson “Using only
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 91
There are some materials that I am drawn to over and over again, two are in this arrangement. The trifoliate orange with it’s spiny thorns and shape, and the yellow
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 90
Disassembling and rearranging the materials, I changed the appearance of a stem of papyrus and a chinese lantern to make my own composite flower. It’s a great exercise to see
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 89
My freestyle ikebana arrangement for today with green china berries, whorled begonia leaf and plumosa fern. The berries were the starting point for the arrangement and I realy wanted to