Tag: kenzan alternatives
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Ikebana tips #26: alternative to Ukezutsu
In my previous tip, #25, I showed you the traditional “ukezutsu” and how to use it. Of course, it’s not something everyone has lying around, so this time I thought I should show you an alternative that many of you will have in a cupboard; a plastic water holder.
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Ikebana tips #22: yes, it’s Sellotape!
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]I’m sure you have a roll of Sellotape at home. But have you used it in Ikebana arrangements? This week I want to show you how to have some fun with clear vases, using Sellotape instead of kenzan or other flower-holding methods. Why do we want to do that? Well, kenzan are wonderful, but…
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Ikebana Tips #11: alternatives to kenzan pt4
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] My final alternative to kenzan pinholders in Ikenobo Ikebana This time I thought I’d get really traditional. But although traditional, this Ikenobo Ikebana technique is really still very useful today, and with some advantages over kenzan pin-holders. Often we use vases with narrow apertures, for which kenzan are not practical, or perhaps just won’t…
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Ikebana Tips #10: alternatives to kenzan pt3
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] More alternatives to kenzan pinholders in Ikenobo Ikebana In my previous tip I showed you how to use wire and uzumaki in vases with awkward apertures, or glass vases with wide open tops. These are quite modern ways to hold your flowers in Ikebana arrangements. In today’s double tip I’ll show you ancient, traditional…
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Ikebana Tips # 9: alternatives to kenzan pt2
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] More alternatives to kenzan pinholders in Ikenobo Ikebana In my previous tip I got all colourful. And this time I am mixing one colourful, contemporary alternative to kenzan pinholders with a perhaps usually hidden one. Clear vases can present a challenge; how can we hide the kenzan? Well, the first way is to use…
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Ikebana Tips #8: fun alternative to using kenzan
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Alternatives to kenzan pin-holders #1 These days kenzan pin-holders are our usual method for holding flowers in Ikebana arrangements. But kenzan are a relatively recent introduction. Kenzan origins are tightly-bound bundles of straw called “komiwara”, that would be pushed into the stem of a vase and the materials inserted between the straw. More…