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THE SWELL SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
Last Monday Laurie and I were taken to see the Swell Sculpture Festival being held at Currumbin Beach on the southern coast of Queensland. The sculptures are set along a stretch of about one and a half...
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BRUSHFIELDS YELLOW: CHABANA
I asked my senior students in Melbourne recently to make an ikebana incorporating Pine.Eugenia created a simple ikebana with two long Billy Button Craspedia stems, and a few sprigs of Pine arranged as...
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FRANKLIN HOUSE EXHIBITION
In my Geelong class...... Anne's exercise was to make a horizontal ikebana arrangement. She used two large leaves of Bird's nest fern, Asplenium nidus, placed stretching to each side. Then yellow...
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TWO STYLES
Last weekend we had the pleasure of sharing some delights of our neighbourhood with visitors who stayed with us at Torquay. This Kookaburra, on one of the bridges across the creek, was rather nearer to...
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RE-USED BANKSIA PRAEMORSA
In a recent Geelong class...Anne made an ikebana arrangement "Using Vine"; in this case Hardenbergia comptonianaand Sea HollyEryngium. Unfortunately, the vine was too weak to support its own weight for...
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BARK and BANKSIA PRAEMORSA
This week, I gave my Torquay students the exercise of making an ikebana using pine and any other material.Coralie used two of the Three Friends of Winter; in this case Bamboo and Pine, no Plum Blossom....
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JAPONICA (CHAENOMELES) and NARCISSUS
Last weekend, Hiroshima Peace Day was commemorated by the annual service held at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne. This year it was the turn of the Victorian Branch of the Sogetsu School to create a...
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EXPLODING FIREWORKS
Last week I set my Torquay and Geelong students the task of making an ikebana "Incorporating Narcissus".Coralie arranged JonquilsNarcissus jonquilla from her garden in a naturalistic style, adding...
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DISASSEMBLING and REARRANGING (BANKSIA)
Winter is definitely making itself felt with some rather low overnight temperatures. However, it is also the time for winter flowering plants to bloom, which lifts my spirit. I recently set my students...
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HORIZONTAL IKEBANA with FRESH AND DRIED MATERIALS
We were very surprised to see Spike at lunchtime on Wednesday as the temperature was quite cool, at 11 degrees centigrade. Although Echidnas tend to be much less active in the winter months, they do...
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FRUITING JAPONICA (CHAENOMELES)
Thank you to Michael who picked up my error last week, of naming Jacqueline's Camellias as 'Chrysanthemums'. I have amended and re-published that post.A couple of weeks ago the red JaponicaChaenomeles,...
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BOUGAINVILLEA IN WINTER
A couple of weeks ago I commented on the warmer than usual autumn and winter weather. Since then we have had a reasonable amount of rain and much cooler weather. However, we have also had days where...
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VALE MARISHA ROTHMAN
In my Melbourne class......Julie-Ann's curriculum exercise was to make a Variation No1 Upright nageire (tall vase arrangement). She used an unidentified branch material and roses.Chen's exercise was to...
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WINTER SOLSTICE (AUTUMN IKEBANA?)
While hanging socks to dry last week......I was startled when this Australian King Parrot came and perched on the line. I was surprised by its unusually bold behaviour, which would suggest it was used...
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SOMETIMES WE STRUGGLE
The early morning sun shone brightly on the Gum tree Eucalyptus in the background of this photo. The closer trees framing the image are at the bottom of our garden. The sight was uplifting after...
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WORLD IKEBANA DAY 6th JUNE
Yesterday some of my Geelong students organised an afternoon function to celebrate World Ikebana Day which was established by the Japanese Ikebana Art Association in 2020.L - R, standing: Christine,...
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FRESH AND DRIED LINES
In a recent class with my Geelong students......Anne created a horizontal variation No 6 in which the three principal lines radiate at approximately 120 degrees from each other. This particular style...
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DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES OF AUTUMN
When I was in Melbourne last week I was delighted to see the beginnings of rich autumn colouring in the trees on the Oak Lawn of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.This specimen turned out to be a Pin...
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DRIED MATERIALS
The last week has given us several days of perfect autumn weather. Warm sunny days with little wind after cooler night time temperatures. Because Torquay is on the south coast of Victoria we are...
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AUTUMNAL HYDRANGEA
At my Melbourne class I asked the students to make an ikebana using "Colours in the same tonal range". This exercise creates a richness of colour through the variation in the tones of that...
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