Festive Colors for the Holiday Season

Colorful Anthuriums with pine
and lichen covered branches

Ikebana in blue ceramic vase

Interplay of Light and Shadow in this wonderfully shinny december day emphasises the bright colours of the anthuriums and the beautiful blue ceramic vase. What we need more for a festive arrangement?
 

Morimono in Gaziantep Copperware

Morimono with winter vegetables and fruits
in traditional Gaziantep copperware from Turkey

I love doing morimono arrangements. 

For my previous morimono arrangements, you can check this post from 2018 or this post from 2017 and this post from 2016 and this one from november 2014.

Ikebana International Geneva Chapter's 50th Year Exhibition

Ikebana Exhibition at Fondation Baur, Geneva, Nov 2019

Flower arrangement and ceramic vase by Evrim Ozkan Yazici

Ikebana International Geneva Chapter's 50th anniversary celebrated by a wonderful Ikebana Exhibition at Fondation Baur, Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva this November. It was a delightful exhibition with beautiful floral art displayed side by side to the Museum's incredible Far Eastern art and ceramics collection.
Above you'll see me proud with my arrangement as well as my handmade ceramic vase.

Red Gladiolus

 

On my way to be an Ikebana Teacher

The Sogetsu School of Ikebana of Japan
Fourth Grade Teachers Certificate

I have received a wonderful birthday gift this year. Today I have been presented my Sogetsu School Teachers Diploma (The Fourth Grade) by my teacher Elsbeth von Siebenthal.

Since I have begun my ikebana learning journey in 2012, my teacher Elsbeth encourages me to study Ikebana in a double-disciplined Japanese-Swiss manner which leads to getting Sogetsu School Certificates.

So I have got my First (Yonkyu) and the Second Certificates (Sankyu) of Sogetsu Curriculum at June 2015 which prove my learning of the first book through a method called Kakei-ho.

Then my Third (Nikyu) and the Fourth (Ikkyu) Certificates have arrived at January 2017 from Japan. These are given when the third (Composition and Line, Color and Mass) and the fourth level of curriculum (Material and Space) have mastered.

Then a 5th book is added to the curriculum which focuses on technique and creation of Sogetsu Ikebana. I finished that this June and finally I was ready to qualify as a teacher. 

So now I can safely assume that I am on the beginning of my way to be an Ikebana teacher of Sogetsu School since there are another 8 levels in the Teacher's Diploma as well :)

Yellow

Yellow Irises and various sort of hosta leaves

 

Glass Container Challenge 3

Hosta and Allium 

Hosta leave interplays with water  

 

Glass Container Challenge 2

Seeing through the water

Glass Container Challenge 1

 

Baby's Breath with Peonies

Spring flowers arranged for a special meal   

Baby's breath and peonies
Table arrangements are done to be seen from every angle

Since arrangements on table are placed very close
to the viewers,  details are carefully checked.

 

Swiss Cheese Plant: Monstera Deliciosa

Nageire arrangement with monstera deliciosa and aspidistra leaves, 
curcuma flowers, birch wood

monstera and aspidistra leaves,
curcuma flowers, birch wood
side view

Magestic Monstera deliciosa leave
as the focal point of the arrangement

 

Irises for My Boys

Irises
for my boys to celebrate the Japanese Boys' Festival 

I love Japanese Boys Festival (5th of 5th month of each year) arrangements using irises since I have two at home :)

 

For the other arrangements with irises, check this post: papyrus and iris again from 5.5.2018 and this one: Double Delight, Papyrus and Horsetail from May 2017 or this one May 2016.

You can also see my earlier Japanese Boys Festival arrangements where irises are used here (5.5.2014) and here (5.5.2013). These two posts are in Turkish.

Triangle

Ribes, Anemone, Chamaerops
Ribes branches emphases the season in this Sogetsu free style arrangement, front view

Ribes, Anemone, Chamaerops
Sogetsu free style arrangement, side view

A Vase Full of Spring Flowers

Callas and Magnolia

Magnolia, Calla, Phormium

Complementing an Art Work

Yellow Daffodils, My Love...

Spring is almost arrived with these yellow daffodils. Oh, I love them so much and the song by Malia and Eric Truffaz.

"...Swimming with all the yellow daffodils
My love, so golden so bright..."

Curvy Kiwi

Ever beautiful kiwi branches with exquisite orchids and typha leaves

Straight Lines

Chaton, orchid

White Lady with an Umbrella

Weaved weeping willow branches complement these beautiful anemones in their matching ceramic vase.

Anemone, Weeping willow, detail

Lady in red is dancing with me...

Dogwood and Amaryllis

Curved Lines

Salix tortuosa, Tulips and Dogwood