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IKEBANA, JANUARY 2003 |
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I loved my ikebana class. The teacher said I should study but maybe she was just trying to drum up business. Still, maybe I will. However I can see how it could be an expensive hobby! |
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This is my first ever ikebana. I chose the piece of curly willow first which then determined that I would try the incline form. I had more materials I could have used yet this one seemed to want to be finished at this point. The teacher agreed. She pointed out that lighter coloured containers generally need less in them as what is there shows up better. |
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I liked doing the first one so much that I had to try another, this time in upright form. It is interesting that the materials are all the same and yet it comes out quite differently. The pink container, being a stronger colour than the yellow one above, could support more materials. Sorry about the dimness but when I used flash, the shadows of the willow made it look bizzare. |
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An ikebana class can make a real mess! |
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My friend Nancy with her great handiwork, |
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Rannigan has done ikebana before. She shows off, and rightly so, by doing a free- form arrangement. |
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And there you have it. I had a blast and I'll be trying more of these on my own. Of course, I think it is hard to go wrong when one has curly willow to work with and where I will get that I have no idea! I may have to make friends with my local friendly florist. :-) |
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