Arranging Unconventional and Fresh Materials Together

Incorporating any unconventional which means anything other than fresh or dried plant based material into Ikebana work is challenging and great fun. There is no limit as long as you keep an eye on the overall balance of the arrangement. The main aim is to add value to the fresh materials, to achieve a different level of harmony and contrast within the work by adding any unconventional material.
Below are some examples from this week's session by different ikebanists:

Sogetsu School
Using Unconventional Material
arrangement by Evrim Ozkan Yazici

Sogetsu School
Using Unconventional Material
arrangement by Marie-Claude Noble

Sogetsu School
Using Unconventional and Fresh materials together