We practiced the ikebana under the theme of how to make lines of leaves beautiful. What we used today is the leaves of New Zealand hemp, the fruits of Nigella, and the flowers of Godetia and Camomille. These works create an impression of the breeze in the summer.
We learned the ikebana form with the leaves of New Zealand flax. It was a little bit complicated to bend the leaves and stick them to the kenzan, however, the participants created the beautiful works which bring us the summer wind.
I hold an ikebana lesson on May 12 exceptionally as the participants came from others cities in the South of France. Thank you very much for coming to Montpellier all the way from Uzès and Nîmes. I had a really good time to practice ikebana with them!
We practiced the horizontal forme with the branches of Japanese fantail willow. The participant took advantage of a unique forme of the willow and realized the current of the energy in her work.
I launched the ikebana workshops in September at ADRA, and some participants has started to learn the ikebana with me. If you are interested in ikebana, you are always very welcome to my lessons. Here are the dates and times at which you can attend the workshop in April. Wed April 12 10:30-12:30 : 4
It was unusually snowing yesterday in Montpellier. Then, I used the branches of the Blackthorn for representing the snow in spring. I hope the spring will come back next week with the warmth.
We practiced the vertical form with the branches of pussy willow. This plant looks like snowing with the tiny white silver bud. It’s interesting to use this type of branches as we can easily bend and reform them.
We practiced the ikebana work for the New Year yesterday. It was difficult to create balance and harmony with more flower materials as usual. However, every participant did a great work! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We practiced the new forme with using the branches of ruscus. As for the flowers, we used eryngium, hypericum and Japanese skimmia.It’s a bit earlier to prepare for the Christmas, however, we created the beautiful flower works for the Christmas season.
The flowers of sword lily reach full bloom! As this flower is much longer with lots of buds than another flowers, we can barely see full bloom until the edge of the flowers. I also adopted the fruit of lotus and flowers of den phal for this work. Every material has a strong personality, but
