Month: December 2016
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Ikebana Tips & Tricks #7: caring for your kenzan
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Kenzan pin-holders may be heavy and made of metal but they do still need looking after. Pins get bent, the rubber mats accumulate bacteria and bits of plants get stuck in them. If you don’t clean them after use, they’ll taint the water of your next arrangement. Leaving the pins bent will make it…
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Ikebana Tips & Tricks #6: soft, hollow stems
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]In my Ikebana classes I often show my students tricks that will help their Ikebana arranging. I decided to record this particular one after showing one of my Ikebana students, who remarked that it was such a very simple yet really useful tip. So, the problem this time is how to hold tall, hollow…
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Ikebana photo gallery…it’s Christmas!
As we always do when it’s Christmas time, we spent our final week’s classes making Ikebana arrnegement with a Christmassy theme to them. And I’ve posted them both here , on my Students’ Gallery and on Instagram. Our Christmas classes are always even jollier than usual and as you’ll see from their arrangements, that jollity…
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Tips & Tricks #5: keeping your kenzan stable in shallow vases
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]In my previous Ikebana tip I showed you how to keep your tall vase and the kenzan stable, particularly when using tall and heavy materials. But we also use tall, heavy materials in shallow vases in which gravel and a kenzan stabiling leg can’t be used. This tip, #5, will show you how. Do…
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Hana no wa autumn exhibition photos
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our autumn Ikebana exhibition was a great success and we all hugely enjoyed the day. So both as a thank you to my students, Middlesex Bonsai Society and Miyoko, and for your viewing pleasure, I thought I should post a few (well, more than a few) photos from the day. Please share them with…