| I want to try ikebanas on my own from time to time. I've decided to photograph them and put them here as an ongoing journal of my progress. So far I haven't taken any lessons but I think I'd like to as time and money allows. Photographing ikebana is frustrating because the flash creates wierd shadows that distort what is there. These are scans of polaroid snapshots. I need a digital camera. *sigh* |
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The big-leaved droopy stuff is a variety of eucalyptus. It has green berry clusters which are heavy and what make it droop. Too large of a piece tipped the pinholder (I was using a small one as the dish is small.) I like how it gives a windblown effect. It was hard to work with in small pieces as the stems were too thin to fit into the pinholder very well. The two spikey pieces in the middle are iris leaves. The cluster in the middle is some purple thing. I can't remember the name. It was hard also as in small pieces the stems were too thin. I clustered about seven of them together here and was able to get them into the pinholder fairly securly. |
| February 21, 2003 |
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| February 21, 2003 |
| The subject here is one gorgeous yellow iris (I used its leaves in the one above). Then there is another large cluster of the purple stuff on the right and a small cluster on the left under the iris. If the curly willow looks familiar, well, I saved it from the arragements I made in class in January. While the iris is beautiful, I still like the one above better. |
| I found the dish last week in a resale shop and liked its shape and glaze a lot. It is a bit shallow. When filled with water it just barely covers the flower pin and is then hard to carry without dripping water. But overall, I really like the effect of this one. |
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| My first ikebana class, January 2003 |