Playing with Leaves Only...

New Zealand Flax Leaves

This is not a proper, finished ikebana arrangement. But I love recycling and playing with the leaves or branches of previous arrangements. This is one of them. Note that the kenzan should be covered in a correct composition.

Sculptural Plants

Anthurium and phormium (new zealand flax)
multiple containers, no kenzan

How many glass vases are there? Two or more?

Water is always being considered as an important element of Ikebana arrangements but in this particular case of glass vases, water is the shin. So we 
pay great attention to the branches or leaves seen through the glass container. Here I use small glass vases within the big ones to keep the phormium leaves neatly in place and let the water have center stage.

The New Zealand Flax (phormium) leaves are used to create a sculptural presence while the red and green anthuriums accentuates and enhances the whole composition.

For a similar arrangement in a glass container, see this post from May 2015.

For another see-through arrangement, you can check this earlier post from December 2014.

Papyrus and Iris, Again.

Papyrus and Iris
For my boys to celebrate the Japanese Boys' Festival 

For the other arrangements with the same materials, check this post Double Delight, Papyrus and Horsetail from May 2017.

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.