Joyeux Noël & Bonne Année: Sogetsu Ikebana for Christmas Celebrations

Christmas Sogetsu Ikebana with Cedar branch,
Lily, Poinsettia and Vine branch

See My Christmas and New Year's Ikebana Through the Years:

Christmas Time: Sogetsu Ikebana Arrangements for the Festive Season

Festive Colors for the Holiday Season Ikebana

Year End Celebrations in Sogetsu Ikebana 

Joyeux Noël & Bonne Année: Sogetsu Ikebana for Christmas Celebrations

Celebrating 2016 with Sogetsu Festive Ikebana

Happy New Year to All with Ikebana

Cenevre'de Noel Zamanı - Christmas Time in Calvin's City

Yeni Yılınız Kutlu Olsun! Sogetsu Festive Ikebana for a Happy New Year

Dancing Birds

Strelitzia and vine branches,
no kenzan arrangement

Calla Lillies with Vines

Calla lillies, vine branches
front view

I love using vines branches. They are wonderful to focus on linear expression in ikebana. Very branch has its own characteristic and using them in unexpected combinations give strength to the arrangement. 

Here the unusual shape of the ceramic vase -heavy, rough, sturdy stoneware- necessitates a powerful statement of lines combined with a mass of beautiful calla flowers. 

For an other arrangement using vines, check this earlier post (in Turkish).

Calla lillies, vine branches
side view