Hi guys, this is my first go, I used some Floral foam. I've tried again using wrapped chicken wire but the stems fall over very easily or it's hard to get the right height. Any tips? Thanks
I made this shoka with pine, purple irises, and beautiful flowering Russian olive. I put a small wildflower in a geode to make it more fun.
I presented this in a tokonoma display with a hanging scroll (which says ichi-go ichi-e, "everything is a once-in-a-lifetime occurance"). I also displayed a kogo (incense container) with a painting of a kingfisher on it to celebrate the season, on top of a cloth with snow-moon-flower designs.
How do you like the arrangement? Do you have any advice of what to do better next time?
Flowers used: ranunculus, calla lily and eucalyptus. Vase by Joe Kovecses.
My sister and I made this for Mother's Day. It was a lot of fun. Used flowers from my mom's backyard 😀
I bought quite a few iris laevigata last two weeks, but I was so occupied that I left them in my fridge for two weeks 'til the flowers withered. However, the leaves are still in good shape. Then, I spent three nights (not evenings) to accomplish this tough Iris Laevigata Rikka.…Widi
Since I usually prefer to use 2 materials, I was not looking forward an arrangement that explicitly required 5 or more distinct materials, primary flowers. But we went wild foraging and decided to go all in. I think there is 10 materials total.
Materials are Nepali lokta paper and wire.
We wrapped up another semester of classes last night. I decided on a freestyle arrangement and was so excited that my sensei only snipped one leaf from what I presented for critique. Materials used are curly willow, stocks, pom poms and lemon leaves.
This is really tough, due to lotus extreme dehydration speed, which let itself withers super fast.
widi
Flax is a great material for ikebana. If you’re a florist, never put it in the cooler, it will brown quickly from the cold. It will last a month or more in water.
This is my first time trying Ikebana. I started with a tutorial and then kind of felt-out the rest. Really excited to learn more about this.
I made the vase myself. The design isn't too bold since I'm still learning the ropes. As you can see, my first attempt cracked in half during de-molding.
I feel like I rarely do mass arrangements, so wanted to play around with them more. It feels so hard to get good space without line! I did also try adding a line to see how that effected it in the second pic.
Question is whether to eat the kale now...
Bizen ware tsubo with dried spruce, spirea, Solomon’s seal, bark, and hellebores.