Flowers for my Father’s birthday around Easter 2012. The idea is to continue the vertical lines of the vase with upward movement; also, light contrasted colours work together to create a soft pastel impression.
Archive for December, 2012
Blue Egg
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged easter, father, spring on December 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Reds and Whites
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amaryllis, carnation, christmas, red, white on December 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A classic Christmas composition with carnations, greens, red berries, decorative plants and a white amaryllis.
White Amaryllis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged amaryllis, christmas, pink, raita, white on December 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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A Christmas bouquet with a white amaryllis stem as the main flower, supported by pink miniature roses and a white carnation. The idea was to combine the triangular shape of the amaryllis with circular-shaped flowers and to place the flowers on different levels. The first option was to use a red or white germini, but I felt like replacing it with the roses. A silver cone and ribbon, and a white angel bring a bit of Christmas feeling to this otherwise neutral/romantic composition. Teacher: R.Raita.
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Christmas orchid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christmas, orchid, poinsettia, raita, spruce on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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A Christmas tabletop decoration with moss, some thin, strongly aromatic and exotic spruce twigs, ornaments, star aniseeds, cones garnished with a pink miniature-size wrinkly-leaved poinsettia and a white orchid. Teacher: R.Raita.
Autumnal contrast
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autumn, nageire, pink, rose, shunran on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Dark leaves embrace the pink roses while the orange jushi reminds the viewer of the season.
Student/teacher co-operative work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged moribana, pink, rose, team work on December 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Here’s the result of my first ikebana lesson as a teacher. I explained some basics of Japanese flower arrangement to senior high school students. We made this moribana as team work: one student placed the kenzan in the suiban, another covered it with water, the next one cut the first stem, someone else placed it and so on… The gap in the restless background is covered with a folded decoration.
Kitchen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christmas, moribana on December 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Circular Dark/Light
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged circular, ikebana, moribana, pink, rose, shunran on December 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A combination of round dark purple leaves, a black suiban and dreamy pink roses. Plate by Kermansavi. Teacher: Shunran.
Spring Nageire
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged iris, nageire, shunran on December 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
These irises just wouldn’t keep their chins up… Made in spring 2012. Teacher: Shunran.
Deep Purple
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged germini, nageire, purple, shunran on December 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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