Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anemone, asparagus, bamboo, bird, black, blueberry, bouquet, christmas, dyed, eryngium, eucalyptus, festive, freestyle, golden, home, limonium, mitsumata, oasis, pistachio, pistacia, red, ruscus, spruce, table, white on December 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The best thing about the festive Christmas season is the perfect excuse to make abundant bouquets and tabletop arrangements any way I like! The pleasure of giving and creating is overwhelming. I want to thank all of my friends and family who have made this year as good as it has been for me.
Not all of the above techniques are ikebana, but variety is a spice of life.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asparagus, black, christmas, circle, dyed, eryngium, festive, limonium, red, round, white on December 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This is a dark winter compilation seen from above. Dyed black and white materials stand in a dark, almost blackish bamboo vase. A touch of glittery red reminds us of Christmas time.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beard lichen, ginst, ikebana, ranka, rose on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I’m thinking in terms of a swamp somewhere in the wild Everglades, and a pond within, where a bright lotus flower rises up from the murky waters. Better yet, a scent of jasmin fills the air.
Teacher: Ranka
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged exhibition, ikebana, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, ranka, yellow on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
There was so much strength and vitality in these materials and in the container, too, that I was not at all worried to present this arrangement and leave it on display for several days at Kalliola exhibition in fall 2015. The flower stems were probably sturdier than many of the passers-by! And they survived long after the exhibition was over. The best materials anyone could ask for.
Teacher: Ranka
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ikebana, pine, pine cone, sedum, shunran on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged epilobium, eucalyptus, moribana, poppy, shunran on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged freestyle, ikebana, repeat, shunran on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agapanthus praecux, arabseye, aspidistra, freestyle, horsechestnut, ikebana, ornithogalum arabicum, shunran on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby's breath, gypsophila, ikebana, ranka, single material, white on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Single material: baby’s breath.
A new vase from Illum Bolighus, Copenhagen.
Teacher: Ranka
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autumn, christmas, germini, ikebana, moribana, quercus ilex, shunran, yellow on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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