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| Dogwood, lys, dried banana leaves front view |
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| Dogwood, lys, dried banana leaves side view |
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| Dogwood, lys, dried banana leaves view from front, slightly above |
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Curves from All Angles
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Weaving Weeping Willow: Intertwining
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| Weeping willow branches are weaved together Sogetsu combined style, nageire & moribana double containers |
Although cutting, bending and fixing are the main techniques of Ikebana, we should consider a more advanced one, intertwining as one of them. Since weaving is an ancient technique to make everyday items, it comes naturally to use it in creating new and interesting ikebana.
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| Weeping willow branches, anemones, moribana view from top |
Below you can see a more ambitious arrangement which combines all the plant materials above in one single voluminous container. Trials at home :)
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| Weaved willow branches with anemone |
For another arrangement using intertwining techniques, you can check this earlier post in Turkish from March 2014.