365 Days of Ikebana-Day 77
A bouquet of flowers from the farmer’s market was the starting poing ot the ikebana arrangement I made today. The bouquet was filled with a spectrum of colors, as well
365 Days of Ikebana -Day 76
It’s October 1st and here in Washington,DC it feels like early November. The temperatures have fallen into the 40’s tonight and it is rainy, not good for trying to get
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 75
At first glance it looks like a lotus leaf and pod, but that is what I wanted you to see. The truth is that I was really trying to find
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 74
The mere mention of dried flowers brings visions to some of old fashioned 60s or 70’s arrangements that your mother or grandmother had at home. Filled with various dried fillers
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 73
Reusing the pomegranate branch from Sunday’s class I made this nagiere arrangement. The branch has been stripped of it’s leaves so that I could give the feeling of a later
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 72
Ikebana using only branches, from my Sogetsu Ikebana lesson tonight. I decided to also tie in another lesson so I did it without using a kenzan. The branches are a
365 Days of ikebana-Day 71
Everything in this arrangment is from our garden, beautiful begonias and the deep pink sedum. The pink is an unusual color for fall, however sedums are a great flower. Long
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 69
Mass and curved lines are the theme for today, mass is created here by castor bean and craspedia and kiwi vine forms the curved lines. It’s worth mentioning that castor
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 68
For today’s ikebana arrangmetn I chose to re-use the manipulated equisetum form again, it’s still in good shape today and the inspiration struck. It’s always nice to show variations and
365 Days of Ikebana-Day 67
A short enty since it is so late at night, the manipulated equisetum is from the workshop I helped teach tonight at the Freer Gallery of Art. I brought home